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Despite What You Heard, The Death Penalty Is Legitimate. Feser and Bessette’s “By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment”

Because, very oddly, there has been a changing of the catechism from the constant and ancient teaching ("the pope is distracting the world with fresh meat for the spirit of…

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Insanity & Doom Update XV

Item Keep under-25s out of adult prisons, MPs urge Young offenders up to the age of 25 should be kept out of adult prisons because of "irrefutable evidence" that the…

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GOP Baseball Shooting Open Thread

Golly, we seem to be doing a lot of this we-interrupt-this broadcast type of posts lately. Perhaps that 'climate of violence' business we've been hearing from the media is real…

Culture Philosophy

The Imposing-Their-Beliefs Fallacy

I'm on the road for the next several days and won't always have access to the Internet. So I'm reposting a series of classic fallacies. Regular service to resume early…

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The Final Fall of the Church of England

This is a collection of articles indicative of what is predicted to be the final fall of the Church of England. Think of it as an Insanity & Doom update…

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Insanity & Doom Update III

Item Canada Introduces 'X' as a Third Sex Category for Passport Holders Starting on Aug. 31, Canadians will have a new way to identify their sex on passports and other…

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Why Are Atheists Generally Smarter Than Religious People?

Why are Atheists Generally Smarter Than Religious People? Couple of academics just asked the question, "Why is Intelligence Negatively Associated with Religiousness?" "The answer", one report says, "is that religion…

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Vox Populi vs. Experts

On 7 March 1907, Francis Galton wrote a brief, but interesting article for Nature entitled Vox Populi, which opens, "In these democratic days, any investigation into the trustworthiness and peculiarities…

Brian (bulaoren) on Student Protests To End After Finals: TWIDApril 27, 2024
When I was a teenager, I used to spend my Saturdays wandering around the local shopping mall. Why?.. Well, that…
Apollo on The Hierarchy Of Intelligences & IQ: We’re Not As Smart As We ThinkApril 27, 2024
For you, maybe. I know things I shouldn't know. My thinking is beyond your standard "genius"
Heresolong on Student Protests To End After Finals: TWIDApril 27, 2024
"Note that the Republican Speaker is willing to use force to shut down anti-Jewish protests, but cares not one whit…
C-Marie on Student Protests To End After Finals: TWIDApril 26, 2024
Without God at the forefront and wholly throughout, a nation has no backbone, and the children suffer tremendously. God bless,…
Ann Cherry on Student Protests To End After Finals: TWIDApril 26, 2024
Cary, no water cannons yet, but the Harvard branch of George Soros’ New Kristallnacht was temporarily thwarted by campus sprinklers:…