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Some Hollywood Money Statistics
Here, for no reason I can identify except I found it fun and the last long weekend of summer is upon us, are some statistics on the state of Hollywood…
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Preferred Female Body Proportions Among Child-Free Men
"Did you see her? Just my kind of adequate gluteofemoral fat stores!" "No way, man. The kind of reproduction-related attractiveness cues I go for are located further north. I likes…
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Visualization Of Biblical Cross References And Supposed Contradictions
Chris Harris created some pretty graphics showing Biblical cross references and other such things. Below is the main result: The bar graph that runs along the bottom represents all of…
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On The College Bubble—Update
Must-reading from the Wall Street Journal. Richard Vedder: "The Real Reason College Costs So Much. The expert on the economics of higher education explains how subsidies fuel rising prices and…
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Genre Fiction—Guest Post by D.B.
"I have a confession to make," said Jayden. "You won't like it." Abby slowed to a stop, her limbs not responding. She knew this was coming. Something that was not…
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Loome Theological Booksellers
Have you been yet to Loome Theological Booksellers? Today's the day. I learnt of this place from Brandon Vogt's piece, Why Catholic Books Still Matter: An Interview with Christopher Hagen.…
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Too Damn Sure: The Epidemiologist Fallacy
Introduction Marchmain Pharmaceuticals distributes profitizol, said to cure the screaming willies. To assess that claim, Marchmain assembled volunteers suffering this dread malady. Each provided his address, which was used to…
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The Pearl of Great Price–Pascal’s Wager Revisited: Guest Post by Bob Kurland
Bob Kurland is a self-described "retired, cranky, old physicist" and convert to Catholicism. He blogs at Reflections of a Catholic Scientist, where this piece first appeared. Again, the kingdom of…
