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Attention Lawyers: New Way To Sue Over Global Warming
Remember old Ned Comer? Old Ned was a good old boy who got walloped by Hurricane Katrina. Yes, sir, it rained on old Ned and he did get wet. He…
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Ottawa Soccer League: Score Too High, You Lose
Ottawa has a new rule on the books for kids playing league soccer. Any team that goes ahead by more than five goals loses. Yes, dear reader, your eyes do…
New Term For “Brights” Daniel Dennett, Richard Dawkins
A New Name The "brights" are at it again. What is a "bright"? It is not, as is by now well known to contemporary thinkers, the opposite of a "dim",…
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What Makes Music Bad? A New Scale: Part I, the Definition
It might have been coming out of the air space between her ear buds and flesh, or it might have been seeping through the holes in the woman's head. Either…
Pet Peeves
Car ads on the radio I listen to a lot of baseball, which means I'm forced to endure a lot of ads. The worst are for cars, where each has…
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Martin Gardner, Philosophical Scrivener, RIP
All regular readers will surely know Martin Gardner, writer, philosopher, mathematician, magician, exposer of flim flam. He died Saturday night; according to long-time friend and magician James Randi, peacefully. For…
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eBooks And The Future of Reading
Warning: Raw Speculation Alert. You have been warned! You are reading. This form of reading will not disappear. eBooks---whether they be standalone devices, or merely apps on multipurpose toys like…
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Louisiana State University Professor Booted: Course Too Hard
I have long predicted that as the proportion of high school graduates attending college increases, the classes offered at colleges would have to become easier. If they did not, then…