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Greetings.

Jewish date: 5 Nisan 5769.

NOTE:  Pesaḥ (Passover) is coming soon.  See OU Kosher for Passover for useful information.

Today’s quasi-holidays: Doctor’s Day, National Hot Dog Day, Grass Is Always Browner on the Other Side of the Fence Day.

Relevant to Divine Misconceptions:

1. Current progress:  Working on draft 2 of the chapter “Ode to Truth”, dealing with basic epistemology.  (The thing about writing a book is actually happening.)  Yesterday I wrote material about the distinction between fact and opinion and between knowledge and belief.
2. Due to a schedule conflict, I have not watched the latest episode of Kings yet.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “Israeli War Crimes”
  
• “Sudan's wanted president welcomed at Arab summit”:  Submitted by Barry.
  
• “Palestinian orchestra shut after Holocaust concert”:  Submitted by Barry.  Apparently some people are offended by the fact that their enemies have suffered.
  
• “What are video games good for? Possibly improving eyesight”
  
• “Can water fountains fight fat?”
  
• “'Dumbest criminal' nabbed in cop convention holdup”
  
• “Antivaxxers and their trouble with truth”
  
• “Americans eating too much salt”
  
• “Illusion of security”
  

Today’s weird thing is the sarcasm mark, which is explained further in “A Giant Step Forward for Punctuation¡:   Introducing the long-awaited sarcasm point.”  Enjoy and share the weirdness.

Aaron