http://www.aleksandrsegal.com What we can't explain, we are doomed to investigate. What we can explain, we are subject to error. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:31:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The New York City Council has voted to amend the city’s law on term limits, allowing representatives to hold their position for a maximum of 12 years as opposed to the previous limit of 8 years. This was the translucent work of New York’s mayor Michael Bloomberg who is planning ... http://www.aleksandrsegal.com/2008/10/27/four-more-years/ I've been called elitist in the past simply because of how selective I am about the food I eat. Soda? No, thanks. Processed sugar? I try to avoid it. Natural ingredients? Yes, please. There is a substantially increasing demand for a higher quality of food in America. It's not a question ... http://www.aleksandrsegal.com/2008/09/28/excuse-my-grandiloquence/ Recently, the California Supreme Court overturned a ban on gay marriage. In light of this joyous occasion for gay rights activists, I'd like to share my thoughts on the topic and, perhaps, give some advice to those who aren't simply seeking the uninspired ability to say that they're married. I ... http://www.aleksandrsegal.com/2008/05/18/fake-progress/ It recently dawned on me, surprisingly, that the greatly established and worldly popular religions of today are many centuries old. I was sort of in awe of the fact that so great a nuisance could not only survive these thousands of years but, amazingly, that it has dilated in nearly ... http://www.aleksandrsegal.com/2008/05/07/dust-palaeolagus/ No, the title of this entry is not referring to a new kind of extreme underground sport that involves some kind of cage. Instead, it's about something that has been quite popular for discussion recently- the unusual relationship between the Muslim world, notably in Middle-Eastern and African nations, and the ... http://www.aleksandrsegal.com/2008/04/15/hello-world/