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My Thought Experiment
05 Jan 2007
Suppose that by the application of some miraculous power the people of Israel were to agree to be transported instantaneously to somewhere else in the world, say, oh, New Mexico. (Assume that the people already in New Mexico are agreeable.) Then let ten years pass. What would then be the situations in New Mexico and in the place where formerly there was the state of Israel?
How Likely Does It Have to Be?
15 Dec 2006

The press, the blogosphere, the commentariat - in whatever form you take your medicine - are divided on the great question: How likely is a nuclear attack on the United States by a rogue state or a non-state actor, i.e., terrorists? And I have no ready-made answer to my derivative but highly pertinent question: How likely does it have to be?
Eden Without Us?
03 Nov 2006
A writer recently imagined what is evidently meant to be a heart-warming future in which all humans disappear from the planet. What kind of politics lies behind an outlook such as this?
Hail, Hail Rock 'n' Roll!
18 Oct 2006
Name a song that has been recorded by all the following: the Beach Boys; Conway Twitty; the Sex Pistols; Tom Jones; Bill Haley; AC/DC; John Denver; Jerry Lee Lewis; Elton John... Bob McHenry on what we owe Charles Edward Anderson Berry.
'Shouting Hoo, Hoo, Hoo at the Tops of Their Tongues'
22 Sep 2006
One era's college humor is another's daily experience. Bob McHenry on the far from completed task of building a human civilization.
Categorical Errors
25 Aug 2006
There were questions about Pluto almost from the day Clyde Tombaugh discovered it in 1930. It didn't bother Tombaugh, it seems. His widow quotes him as having said before he died in 1997, "It's there. Whatever it is. It is there." That's the simple fact; the rest is just name-calling.
Another Word War
15 Aug 2006
"With hope in God," Ahmadinejad concludes, "I intend to wholeheartedly complete my talk with allotted fifteen minutes." Can it be that the Andy Warhol rule applies even in Iran? We can only hope. Bob McHenry on the blogosphere's latest star.
The Pelican, Briefly
08 Aug 2006
What I learned about the "wisdom of crowds" while looking up a limerick on the Interweb. Memo to crowd: Come see me when you know something.
American Politics: The Greatest Show on Earth
31 Jul 2006
American citizenship -- the best job a guy could have. Robert McHenry explains.
iConfused
21 Jul 2006
Bob McHenry rocks back and forth on the Interweb's neologisms... including its long tails.
The Deconstruction of Argument
05 Jun 2006
By all means scan them, but is not the beauty of the book its unity? Robert McHenry on Kevin Kelly's vision.
Moussaoui's Fate
05 May 2006
Robert Heinlein imagined a deliciously suitable way of dealing with society's worst criminals.
Calling a Tail a Leg
01 May 2006
If you call "Nuestro Himno" a version of the national anthem, how many versions are there?
Sorrowless Sorries
07 Apr 2006
I, too, am sorry that this misunderstanding happened; aren't you? Aren't we all?
The Nature of Things: War-o-pedia Continues
28 Mar 2006
When it comes to Wikipedia v. Britannica, things aren't always as they seem.
Sticks and Summers
23 Feb 2006
All in all, not a bad start on the week for the pietistic right and left.
Fishing for Liberalism
15 Feb 2006
It has long been my opinion that Professor Dr. Stanley Fish is best understood as the north end of a southbound horse... Now, I no longer wish to insult horses.
What Is a Picture of Muhammad, Anyway?
09 Feb 2006
Human beings love taking offense. Doing so is designed to confer moral advantage. Bob McHenry on cynicism, rage and a popular drug of choice.
The Curse of Egoism
26 Jan 2006
Wouldn't it be lovely if some of our 21st century Milton manqués had the taste to remain mute?
A Congress of Your Peers
11 Jan 2006
Here's the Constitutional Amendment that will yield changes to our political business-as-usual, changes that would improve the performance of the federal government.
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