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As with everything in the south, it’s always better with a little Karo syrup.

Perhaps for you Julia, not for all of us.

For me, cooking rice correctly is much harder than linguine.

Here's what he wrote: The microwave pasta cooker I recommended meets that requirement exactly.

I didn't take "an adversarial position." I disagreed with what you wrote. And I agreed with what NOS4A2 wrote in the specific post I was responding to...

You and I don't agree very often, but this is exactly right.

For me, the advantage is not having to pay attention while it's cooking so I can work on other parts of the meal. Outlander was complaining about how ...

I ate one once not knowing what it was.

I'm skeptical this is true. As I've mentioned in a previous post, I think your statement would be correct about the Middle East and our own status as ...

As something of an expert on shoddy commentaries, I resent the competition. More seriously, as I've said before, you post a lot of interesting stuff.

The brand I got was Fasta Pasta. I got it on Amazon and I’ve been using it for about five years with no problems.

You should try a microwave pasta cooker. Takes 11 minutes to cook spaghetti al dente. You only have to put in as much as you need for that particular ...

As I asked previously, why should we get involved with those areas? What possible good could we do?

I think it's a small to medium sized if. If we can extricate the west from the religious and political conflicts within the Islamic world, admittedly ...

The creation and expansion of ISIS was a direct result of the destruction of government and military infrastructure in Iraq by the US. We were steppin...

If the terrorists stopped terrorizing, why would we keep conducting counterterrorism? Islam is not another evil empire coming to get us.

I am not a sophisticated student of Middle East or Islamic history, but it seems to me that what we call jihadism is primarily a political movement ju...

Yes, I did read the OP and just read it again. We created our problem with jihadism and we have it in our grasp to get rid of it. The OP is wrongheade...

I wasn't trying to be persuasive. I was just stating the obvious with extra emphasis on what I consider most important.

The problem may or may not go away, but it will stop being our problem.

This is a wonderful OP. It rivals my favorite recent "In Support of Western Supremacy, Nationalism, and Imperialism" for naive, knuckleheaded hubris. ...

Hey, leave @"NOS4A2" and @"Bob Ross" alone.

I don't know much about Sartre and I won't participate in the discussion beyond this post. The study of genetics did not begin with the discovery of D...

As with all good science and philosophy, the general grows out of the specific.

Little known language facts Grammer was invented in 1861 in England by Charles Darwin. He reportedly said "If you thought 'Origin of Species' was hard...

It’s my understanding that DTJ plans to run for the first governor of Greenland instead.

I just realized. I don’t have Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS), I have Trump Junior Derangement Syndrome (TJDS).

For the next four years, everything will have something to do with Donald Trump Jr.

I had a dream last night. No, no, don't worry, not one of those creepy @"Hanover" type dreams - a real philosophical kinda dream. In the dream, someti...

I think artistic types are the least likely to be interested in philosophy. It’s us verbal guys that get sucked into the intricacies of philosophical ...

But “‘Pigs’ is not my province” would be fine.

It's a Chinese translation of "Just Do It" retranslated into English.

Just watched "Here." No, not the one with Tom Hanks. A nice, gentle Belgian movie full of appealing people doing appealing things in appealing places....

It means it was made in China.

Yes, that was my point. I don't get from the discussion where this "I think p" resides.

The usual response to ‘1’ is “p and I think p and I think that I think p.”

Another one of those rare occasions when you and I agree.

Well-written and interesting. In many ways you see things differently than I do, but I can see that, like me, you take your ideas seriously and person...

Thanks for the clarification.

When I post a link to a video from YouTube and then use the "media" function, the video shows up in the post as a video. When I try to use the same me...

A year or so ago, I discussed "What is Life?: How Chemistry Becomes Biology," by Addy Pross here. I gave the book a generally good recommendation, but...

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It would take massive ignorance of world history not to recognize the role the Netherlands has played in the world since 1500.

My mother grew up in New York City and we used to go there once a year to visit my grandfather. It was magic to me then and it’s magic to me now.

Isolettes or bassinettes are where you put babies. Oubliettes are where you put teenagers.

The first time I became aware of Elizabeth Taylor was when, in 1963 I guess, I saw her up on a gigantic billboard in Times Square costumed as Cleopatr...

When we finally finished the book, my daughter and I agreed that we will never mention his name again. An amazing but despicable man. A genius. He cou...

Both your posts are good clear summaries of what Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu have to say. I'll steal it and use it when someone asks for a quick summary of...

We haven't decided finally yet. We may yet pick another book.

On Monday, my daughter and I finished reading and discussing "The Power Broker" by Robert Caro. We've been reading it 100 pages/month starting last Ja...