Hail The Virgin Birth

Just in time for the anniversary of Our Dear Savio(u)r's Birth, a komodo dragon Virgin Mary gives birth to the Son of Lizard. I think I know how this plays out.

Bright College Years

The 2006 issue of the Yale Philosophy Review, which came out in print at the end of the summer, is now online. The lead article (by me) is essentially a condensed version of two sections of my senior thesis. As often is the case in academic philosophy, enough time has passed between composition and publication that I no longer agree 100% with the positions I espouse in the paper, but I do think it is valuable at least in providing a glimpse at an important and currently hot debate in metaphysics.

Block That Metaphor Dept.

Bill Keller, on NPR this morning: "[The mid-term election] turned the zeitgeist on its axis." It's wordsmithery like that wut makes you executive editor of the New York Times.