One goat can undo in an afternoon what it has taken decades to establish. So wrote Theodore Dalrymple in a 2003 essay in City Journal
Month: August 2007
She who loves Lott
Scholar Invents Fan To Answer His Critics Mary Rosh thinks the world of John R. Lott Jr, the controversial American Enterprise Institute scholar whose book “More Guns, Less Crime” caused such a stir a few years ago. In postings on Web sites in this country and abroad, Rosh has tirelessly defended Lott against his harshest […]
What is a gerbe?
What is a gerbe? A gerbe is a mathematical object. It happens to be pretty obscure. Many obscure concepts are easy to understand. One just needs (A) a little patience, and (B) a reminder that most ideas are built upon other ideas. So it is, perhaps, with the gerbe. To grasp a new concept, just […]
Cheese, she smelled
The perfume, which has been blended by Manchester based ID Aromatics for the SCMA, re-creates the earthy and fruity aroma of Blue Stilton cheese in an eminently wearable perfume. Using grape seed as a carrier oil, the Stilton scent features a symphony of natural base notes including Yarrow, Angelica seed, Clary Sage and Valerian The […]