President Barack Obama is not betting on a Cornell upset in the NCAA tournament, unfortunately. Let’s prove him wrong Red!
Category: Culture
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On bad boys, ideology and discourse
The following is a short (attempt at) humor piece I wrote a few weeks ago for the Review, but due to lack of space, was not published. Here it is – after all the intense Coulter controversy recently this should be a nice relaxer. **Please keep in mind it was written for our Valentine’s Day...
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Architects Invade Cornell Libraries: Dragon Day Hijinks.
At 9:38, Monday, March 9, 2009, between 50 to 60 Architecture Students, disguised as College of Engineering students invaded Olin Library. According to one Olin Library Student worker, the Architecture students, complete with thick rimmed glasses and pocket protectors, reported to Olin Library staff that they each have “checked out 92 books and will return...
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Before you flash your concealed carry permit…
After CSU student John Wahlberg did a class presentation on the merits of concealed carry in light of recent school violence, his [lily-white liberal professor] Paula Anderson called the cops — because apparently just mentioning guns and second amendment rights in the context of an academic study makes one a potential homicidal maniac. Wahlberg was...
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Does it pay to be cool?
Freakonomics guy Steven Levitt discusses a study that shows some positive correlation between the number of friends a person had in high school and his/her earnings later in life. He speculates on two possible causal mechanisms: 1) the same factors that make you popular in high school make you more competitive in the job market,...
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Response: Alexander Tyler’s temporary Democracy
Though I am certainly skeptical (at best) about Obama’s heavy spending plan and incurring of an even larger national debt, I, like Dennis, am not sure about a few of the leaps Tyler makes in his statement quoted in the last posting. Initially, I really liked this quote, but after reading it again, I find...
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From Scottish Historian, Alexander Tyler
“Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over...
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Kerry eats only the finest ketchup
In a recent interview with Politico.com, John Kerry discusses a myriad of different things, but most entertaining is his consistent reference to and obvious continuing disgust regarding his 2004 presidential loss. I used to always attribute Kerry’s dull personality and doofus-like mannerisms to his droning voice and images of SNL impressions, but somehow these characteristics...
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Hilarious Inauguration Insider
The flawlessness of Obama’s inauguration was greatly publicized in the media, but was it all really so perfect? This is just for fun, but I hope you all enjoy reading my good friend’s “Insider” account of what it was really like attending Inauguration Day in Washington, D.C.: As a freshman at Georgetown University, I had...
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Dating with the “Enemy”
Once upon a time this week, a friend of mine had an unpleasant reminder of what “tolerance” means to most liberals. She told me: “A friend of mine tried to set me up with a friend of hers here who she thought I’d hit it off with. She gave him my screen name. We talked...