empiricus

Rodney, empiricus: I'd add Frank Martin, Leonard Bernstein, and my current idealistic coolness goal, David Shire.

My Prerogative Matthew Guerrieri 2008

I think Simon Blackburn puts it best when he says that not “every apparently well-formed sentence introduces a proposition, or issue, about which questions of truth and falsity arise.” empiricus

El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Andrew 2007

And that starts with the ability of politicians to get elected without rattling sabers at our artificial “enemies” … mikey empiricus Says:

Matthew Yglesias » The Israel Analogy 2007

Indeed, that is how Tito worked so well in Yugoslavia — he was a Croat/Slovene, but with deep ties to the Serbian community: so when the Croat dominated (puppet for the Nazis) government fell to the Serb dominated chetniks, it was good that a Slovene/Croat was in charge so no-one would feel like a vengeance genocide was likely to take place … we failed to do that in Iraq, and look what has happened … empiricus Says:

Matthew Yglesias » Occupation is Hard 2007

The day I learned that was the last day I ever thought that postgraduate education (of which I have boatloads, for what it’s worth) was indicative of anything resembling intelligence. empiricus

Pat Yourselves on the Back 2007