I'll be picking up this issue of Archaeology Magazine

Diamond on the Carpet

Archaeologists think Guns, Germs, and Steel author Jared Diamond misrepresents the downfall of ancient civilizations to score points for today's environmental movement. What does their criticism of the Pulitzer Prize winning biologist tell us about his biases, and how does it reveal their own?

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I'll be picking up this issue of Archaeology Magazine

Diamond on the Carpet

Archaeologists think Guns, Germs, and Steel author Jared Diamond misrepresents the downfall of ancient civilizations to score points for today's environmental movement. What does their criticism of the Pulitzer Prize winning biologist tell us about his biases, and how does it reveal their own?

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I'll be picking up this issue of Archaeology Magazine

Diamond on the Carpet

Archaeologists think Guns, Germs, and Steel author Jared Diamond misrepresents the downfall of ancient civilizations to score points for today's environmental movement. What does their criticism of the Pulitzer Prize winning biologist tell us about his biases, and how does it reveal their own?

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Thought for the day

Is James Burnham the right's version of Paul Ehrlich: Someone whose predictions are generally wrong but which fill a psychological need that trumps accuracy?

Thought for the day

Is James Burnham the right's version of Paul Ehrlich: Someone whose predictions are generally wrong but which fill a psychological need that trumps accuracy?

Thought for the day

Is James Burnham the right's version of Paul Ehrlich: Someone whose predictions are generally wrong but which fill a psychological need that trumps accuracy?

More interesting publishing news

At least one Canadian author says she feels "cut adrift" after Raincoast Books, the West Coast company that brought the blockbuster Harry Potter series to Canadian readers, announced Monday its imminent departure from the publishing business.

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More interesting publishing news

At least one Canadian author says she feels "cut adrift" after Raincoast Books, the West Coast company that brought the blockbuster Harry Potter series to Canadian readers, announced Monday its imminent departure from the publishing business.

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More interesting publishing news

At least one Canadian author says she feels "cut adrift" after Raincoast Books, the West Coast company that brought the blockbuster Harry Potter series to Canadian readers, announced Monday its imminent departure from the publishing business.

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Maybe it's just a day for odd news in Canada

All 3000 of NWT's reindeer have gone missing.

ObDisclaimer: Hundreds of them have since been found.

Maybe it's just a day for odd news in Canada

All 3000 of NWT's reindeer have gone missing.

ObDisclaimer: Hundreds of them have since been found.

Maybe it's just a day for odd news in Canada

All 3000 of NWT's reindeer have gone missing.

ObDisclaimer: Hundreds of them have since been found.

I'm not saying they are related

But something killed my phone connection dead this afternoon and when I stepped outside to go to a payphone, there was a Bell Repair truck parked on the other side of the block.

Expect few posts until this is addressed.

[They do seem to have been related: the problem was a broken wire in the local junction box (or whatever they are called) where the other guy was working yesterday]

I'm not saying they are related

But something killed my phone connection dead this afternoon and when I stepped outside to go to a payphone, there was a Bell Repair truck parked on the other side of the block.

Expect few posts until this is addressed.

[They do seem to have been related: the problem was a broken wire in the local junction box (or whatever they are called) where the other guy was working yesterday]

I'm not saying they are related

But something killed my phone connection dead this afternoon and when I stepped outside to go to a payphone, there was a Bell Repair truck parked on the other side of the block.

Expect few posts until this is addressed.

[They do seem to have been related: the problem was a broken wire in the local junction box (or whatever they are called) where the other guy was working yesterday]