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The Times Weighs In On The Side Of Wayward Nuns
Nicholas D. Kristof is a good polemicist. In his 28 April 2011 piece "We Are All Nuns" he manages to hide and eventually evade the main argument against him via…
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More Analytical Thinkers Are Atheists: Study
Analytical thinking in action (source) Somebody some enterprising young academic, not realizing he should keep his mouth shut before attaining tenure, will publish a study which examines the bizarraries found…
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Love Of Theory Is The Root Of All Evil
Love of truth, on the other hand, is the root of all that is good. Bill Whittle at PJTV very kindly produced a video entitled "Best. Sentence. Ever." (it…
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EPA To Crucify Citizens, Hit ’em Hard As They Can
The EPA hard at work Just a couple of weeks ago I related on this blog a sad tale told to me by (Democrat) lawyers who were mightily displeased that…
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Weapons Make the Man Larger: New Scientific Growth Formula
"Put 'em up, pal!" No, that's not right. Let me try again. "It ain't the size of the man, but the size of the tool he carries." Better, but still…
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Conservatives Produced By “Low Effort” Thinking: Study
If there is one subject which fascinates academics more than any other, it is why are they so smart and the rest of the populace not. Although there is no…
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Breast Cancer Screening Ruins Lives?
Today's title is from the Daily Mail: "The expert branded a woman hater for saying breast cancer screening ruins lives." What could be more sensible than having a mammogram? If…
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Steve Zwick Says Burn The Deniers (Metaphorically)!
There is a scene in Woody Allen's Radio Days in which we see a diminutive old man from Rockaway Beach who, one day, snaps and runs out of his house…