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Who Wants Viewpoint Diversity In The Academy?
Reader Gary Boden sent over a link to Heterodox Academy. Some friends of ours are part of this, like Judith Curry and Scott Lilienfeld. In their words: We are social…
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Stream: So-Called Homophobia Now Being Labeled a ‘Mental Disease’
Today's post is at The Stream: "So-Called Homophobia Now Being Labeled a 'Mental Disease'". So now "homophobia" is being called a "mental disorder," where "homophobia" is defined in part as…
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This Week In Doom: A Mighty, Doom-Laden Seven Days
Thank You Sir, I'll Have Another Homosexual Activists Tell Kim Davis: 'We Will Kidnap Your Husband, Tie Him Up And Force Him To Watch Us Raping You. We Will Burn…
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Lawrence Krauss Wants All Scientists To Be Militant Atheists
Krauss's biggest mistake in the first part of his "All Scientists Should Be Militant Atheists" article is to assume the (secular) government gets to decide right and wrong. Krauss is…
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Stream: Sins of The Synod: Behind The Scenes at The Synod on The Family; Pentin’s New Book
Today's post is at The Stream: "Sins of The Synod: Behind The Scenes at The Synod on The Family". This is a review of Edward Pentin's must-read new book The…
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Rhode Island Mandates HPV Vaccine, Tells Parents, “We’re The Government And Can Do What We Like”
I'm not sure what it is with lawmakers. Are they only interested in increasing control over citizens' lives? Or is it that in combination with ignorance? Let the Boston Globe…
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The Expansion Team Syndrome: SAT Scores & Science
What happens when a professional sports league expands? We talked about this before, but the obvious answer is that the average talent of the league decreases---for two reasons. The first…
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The Week In Doom: If You Like Your Religion, You Can Keep Your Religion
Law Of The Land! AP: A city clerk in Nuremberg yesterday issued a marriage certificate to a Jew and a German, violating the country's new laws forbidding such unions. Fritz…