Pax Nortona – A Blog by Joel Sax
From the Land of the Lost Blunderbuss
Month: September 2003
Bad Form/Statistics
Posted on September 7, 2003 in Site News
Entries: 1653 Comments: 1932
Watching to see who will have comment #2000.
Uncautious Skepticism
Posted on September 7, 2003 in Journalists & Pundits
It’s a spin more worthy of saucer cultists than of an honest skeptic that leads Barbara Mikkelson to defend the gathering of the Saudis, to insist that they weren’t flown out of the country while the airport ban was in effect, and to write off any testimony which confounds the facts as reported in a selected series of articles.
Gender Genie Feels You Out
Posted on September 7, 2003 in Blogging Crosstalk Sexuality
In the wake of these revelations (more evidence that I have an enlarged clitoris), I went down the list of blogs in my daily walk. I discovered that according to Gender Genie, many people weren’t what they seemed to be.
Self-Dating and Cancer
Posted on September 7, 2003 in Censorship
I think Zonker had the answer: “Hey, did you guys hear that self-dating prevents cancer?”
The Smell of Smoke
Posted on September 6, 2003 in Book of Days
Under the arched live oaks of Trabuco Canyon Road, I caught the scent for a moment. Not sweet, not sour, not bitter. The odor of smoke.
Polygamy: A Descendant Thinks On It
Posted on September 6, 2003 in Ancestors Anthropology Morals & Ethics Partnership
If polygamy were legal, would I do it?
Aortal: Prairie Point
Posted on September 6, 2003 in Aortal
Bill Hopkins might be described as a “quiet man of the Left”.
Between Dawn and Dusk
Posted on September 5, 2003 in Book of Days Reflections Writing
The time between dusk and dawn. My time. When I sit at the keyboard and open my mind like a vein and watch the blood dribble all over the place. Apologies to Sherwood Anderson for stealing his image.
But What Are They For?
Posted on September 5, 2003 in Crosstalk Liberals & Progressives
There was plenty of complaining about what elements of the Left and the Right were doing wrong — especially the Left — but very little talk about what these self-professed Gen Xers actually stood for, except “We’ve got to bring the flag back” and “We’ve got to fight terrorism”.
On Eavesdropping
Posted on September 4, 2003 in Book of Days Encounters Poems Writing
I’m looking for the real voices, the real life that people lead.
Hatred: Institutional and Personal
Posted on September 4, 2003 in Immigration
Question ALL Authority, including Your Own.
Relativism is Not a Morality
Posted on September 4, 2003 in Anthropology Morals & Ethics Social Justice
Those who insist that cultural relativism demands that we declare two cultures to be “equally wrong” on any given issue are — dare I say it? — wrong.
