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Pope Francis Says Ask Scientists About Their Uncertainties In Global Warming. Good Idea

Stream: Pope Francis Says Ask Scientists About Their Uncertainties In Global Warming. Good Idea A reporter asked the Holy Father about the recent hurricanes in the Atlantic, adding the questions…

Culture

Unlearn Truth — Says Sydney University

Turns out, if I have the translation right, that new logo of Sydney University might be Verum Dediscere. Unlearn Truth. I learned of this in a tweet from CC Pecknold.…

Culture

Fr James Martin and the Nashville Statement

Which term best describes the reaction from non-orthodox Christians (in practice, if not in name) to being reminded, via the Nashville Statement, that sodomy is a sin that cannot in…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: The Human Soul Is Created By God, Part IV

See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. A continuation…

Culture

Renaming Our Past To Avoid Senator Feinstein’s Feared Dogma

Stream: Renaming Our Past To Avoid Senator Feinstein's Feared Dogma You might have missed the news, but last year Cornell University renamed its Cornell Plantations, a lovely garden spot set…

Culture

The General Welfare Clause and the Statist Switcheroo — Guest Post by Kevin Groenhagen

While debating the repeal of Obamacare earlier this year, I would often ask others, "Which part of the Constitution authorizes a federal government role regarding health care. I would seldom…

Statistics

Possibility Versus Probability & Decision

Philip Pilkington, author of the buyable The Reformation in Economics: A Deconstruction and Reconstruction of Economic Theory, asks a follow-up question to the material on the precautionary principle. If probability…

Culture

Short History of the Left’s Tech Efforts To Shut Out the Right

Stream: Short History of the Left's Tech Efforts To Shut Out the Right In the early days of our interconnected world, when people carped at each other over whether spam…

Cary Cotterman on University of California Prof Tries To Save System From DIEingJuly 13, 2026
In the early '90s I was in a university writing class. We were required to exchange writing assignments for critiquing,…
C-Marie on University of California Prof Tries To Save System From DIEingJuly 13, 2026
Would subscribe to you at Substack, but their Privacy Policy allows Substack way too much information. Anyway, this way is…
Brian (bulaoren) on University of California Prof Tries To Save System From DIEingJuly 13, 2026
Back in the late '70s, one of my teeth broke. I needed a dentist pronto, and so I asked around.…
Tars Tarkas on University of California Prof Tries To Save System From DIEingJuly 13, 2026
I love how they blame "unprepared students" and the covid "remote learning" era. The students are not "unprepared" in the…
CorkyAgain on The Equality ParadoxJuly 10, 2026
Somehow I'd missed that story about Schumer's grilling gaffe. Aside from not lighting the fire or putting cheese on a…