“People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that’s what we’re really seeking. I think that what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive.”
Joseph Campbell: writer and lecturer on mythology Read the rest of this entry »
But as I’m incapable of short answers, let me provide a slightly longer one. In this post, Yglesias shares his experience of having learned that
After yesterday’s outsized rally, the market is higher in early trading following some solid reports. In economic news, pending home sales rose +5.2% in July vs. expectations for no change. So that is a pretty solid report.
Pamela Geller wrote a “STICKY POST” seemingly intended to insult the very crowd she courts:
Busy morning for me so far, so I’ll have to keep this post brief. The market was already set to open higher after upbeat data out of Europe and Asia had those markets trading higher.
In comments, embarking on the futile quest to develop an ex post facto rationale for outrage over the Burlington Coat Factory community center that sounds non-discriminatory, the Sanity Inspector argues:
The market has been both lower and higher already in early trading, as a few economic releases swayed early trading. The CaseShiller Home Price Index for June rose to 148.0 from 146.5. That was a slight improvement, but most of the housing slowdown that has been talked about began in July, so this report will likely be taken with a grain of salt until we see how July fared.
The Times led today with an expose of the US Army’s rehabilitated physical training system:
Do you know what happens when you allow “scholars” like Jonah Goldberg to invent historical movements and monsters? You end up with uncited statements of obvious provenance that mask sheer lunacy behind the rhetorical scrim of conventional wisdom:
