I’ve been enjoying The Human Flower Project ¹ for a couple of weeks now with its eclectic mix of news from the intersection of flowers and culture. When I was a very early visitor, however, Julie posted a thought on “geraniums” that prompted me to get on my hobby horse and ride off in all direcc...

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Maybe the reason humans act so dumb isn’t because of their intellectual frame of reference, or their clan structure, or because they lack historical awareness. Maybe people act dumb because a lot of them are dumb -- dumb as turnips. So stupid they have trouble each morning remembering that their s...

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Neddie draws our attention to two, connected, facts. It is 80 years this week since the Scopes Monkey Trial in Dayton, Tennessee. And the Smithsonian Institution has unearthed a bunch of long-lost pictures taken during the trial.

Being Neddie, he neatly sidesteps the issue everyone else would h...

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Thank heavens England possesses courts that aren't entirely an outreach of government.¹

Lord Justice Brooke said: "... All of us have the right to walk the streets without interference from police constables or CSOs unless they possess common law or statutory powers to stop us. If Parliament...

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“Saying goodbye is always safer. You’ve built up fellowship. It’s the difference between a hello kiss on a first date and a good-night kiss.”

Like that’s always an easy distinction to make! What are we talking here? We’re talking how to be a real man in the 21st century. To hug or not to hug,...

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