DrTdaxp

PS,

Weird! Google Reader shows everything fine, and the Redirection plug-in looks like it’s humming along.. What URL is the Bloglines feed pointing toward?

Eddie & ElamBend,

The harm that former AD Steve Pederson and former coach Bill Callahan did to our Cornhuskers is monstrous. Right now we need to focus on getting into a bowl. We’re currently 4-3, and we have a clear path to that goal. It’s too painful to think about who will win Big 12… one season at a time…

Pakistan ended up going with the IMF [1] — as did Russia’s former bff Belarus [2], interestingly enough.

Glenn,

Sorry to hear about the horror of goat’s head — at least the Mountain Goats are a good band!

I have some thoughts on a recent George Lucas movie, btw [3]…

Edgewise,

I’m not sure if that’s a line by Machiavelli… At least in The Prince Machiavelli doesn’t talk about economics much, but his view of war was either for the survival of the state or else the liberation of the nation.

He sure disliked mercenaries, though.

Purpleslog,

I never got the fascinating with Nassim Taleb. His central idea is that the error is not uniformly distributed as a model is applied to production situations, and this can cause catastrophes, yes?

Mike + Michael,

Thanks for the comments!

Brent,

Excellent news! Bush has been a big pusher of the free movement of capital, labor, and goods. McCain’s been good on these issues as well, while Obama is a cypher.

Jay@Soob,

There’s many things happening beyond just race, even if we stick to identity politics. Presuming Obama wins, then we will have had the odd result that of the three most influential black politicians, none were male decedents of American slaves.

[1] http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/10/19/the-institutional-approach-to-stability.html
[2] http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/10/22/international-institutions.html
[3] http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/10/22/disappointing-sequels.html

Michael,

Thanks for the article.

I’m frustrated the MSM is so cliche on these questions.

Paul was radically more egalitarian than either the Roman (women are chattel) or Hebrew (women are unclean) traditions, espousing instead a corporate view of marriage analogous to the mystical union of the Church with Christ. Paul is probably the most ‘western’ character in the Bible (along with his associate, Luke) — comfortable both in Western philosophy than Hebrew theology. [1]

Instead of addressing this, the article talks about a word count game as a bizarre feminist interpretation of Genesis.

*sigh*

Ortho Stice,

Tdaxp, your list of “the three most influential black politicians” illustrates a remarkable ignorance of U.S. history. Or if you originally meant to list the “three most influential black politicians” of this specific historical moment, then your initial statement was, unfortunately, lacked precision and therefore cannot be taken seriously.

How would you correct or improve on it?

Lastly, because you agree with the Chancellor’s decision you’ve neglected to notice the 5gw aspects of the Nebraska-Ayers ordeal. In other words, you’re a tad too close to the fire. Don’t fret, I shall soon write an enlightening post on the subject.

Certainly I don’t agree with wasting university funds on Critical Theory… I don’t think that’s what the bruhaha was about, however…

[1] http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2005/07/10/jesusism-paulism-part-ii-caiaphas-and-diocletian-did-know-better.html