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Team Dorner And Race
Contrary to common wisdom, it is acceptable to discuss race and not harm one's career or social status. But it can only be done in two ways: (1) to list…
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DC Comics Fans Call For Boycott Over Orson Scott Card’s Same-Sex “Marriage” Views
"Batwoman has been a lesbian since 2006." I wonder what made her change her mind? Turns out that Alan Scott, a.k.a. Green Lantern, also turned gay in 2012. Maybe it…
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Pope Benedict To Resign
Word just came in that our scholar pope is resigning. Old age. First Holy Father to give up the reins since the early fifteenth century. A holy Cincinnatus, as it…
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Historic Storm Nemo And The Feminization Of America. Crucial Photographic Updates
Post's original title: Feminization continues apace: Wall Street Journal edition The old joke has been modified: A sweater is a garment a citizen puts on when the government gets cold.…
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Selective Abortion To Create Master Race: Progressive Academic Pushes For Moral Enhancement
Today's discovery is yet another academic with the map to Utopia glistening in his mind's eye. David DeGrazia of George Washington University, author of the peer-reviewed paper "Moral enhancement, freedom,…
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Sex Selection And In Vitro Fertilization
I'm always on the lookout for remunerative ways to spend my time. There yesterday on the American Statistical Association jobs site was a situation for a Medical Statistician, which is…
E-books Will Lead To A Decrease In Reading
I have a Kindle. (It was generously donated by a reader a few years ago.) I have, say, 200 books on it, nearly all free from Project Gutenberg and similar…
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Firearm Homicide Rates Around The World: Comparing With USA
Here's an around the world tour of homicide rates by firearm, brought to you by our friends at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Rates are per 100,000…
