Daily Archives: February 28, 2009

Quote of the Day: William Clifford on the Duty of Inquiry (from his Essay, “The Ethics of Belief”, 1879)

William Clifford (1879): A shipowner was about to send to sea an emigrant-ship. He knew that she was old, and not overwell built at the first; that she had seen many seas and climes, and often had needed repairs. Doubts … Continue reading

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Why I’m an Agnostic: Believers, Nonbelievers, and the Waving of Intellectual Garlic

The existence of the universe is a mystery. And we are, all of us, embedded in that mystery, and so we need to keep talking about it, like Jacob wrestling the angel, and not drive it away as if it … Continue reading

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Mental Health Break: My Uncle Writing Jokes at a Kitchen Table

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My Uncle on Television with Woody Allen—and Forty Years Later

In February of 1967, Marty Allen and Steve Rossi were on the television show, What’s My Line? and Woody Allen was on the panel. Steve Rossi is my uncle, and “Rossi” is his stage name. His actual last name is … Continue reading

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