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Free Mumia! And Tunisia! A Play In One Act
Update: I have been informed that this play is anything but clear (thank you!). So. Every resolution listed below was indeed adopted by the California Federation of Teachers at their…
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City Of Free Love To Ban Circumcision
An enraged citizen's group in San Francisco has submitted legislation that, if passed, would ban abortion---no, wait. I have that wrong. They would ban circumcision. In a fit of Enlightenment…
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India Aborting Girls At Full Speed: Sex Selection And Demographics
Science is great. It---"it" is always an it, an invisible entity, a guiding sapience, an intelligence that can be looked to for guidance---can now us tell the sex of a…
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Stop making babies to reduce global warming
The other day, as a favor, I posted a scientific article from a friend of mine, Dr H. Harrister, PhD, who conclusively showed that fitter people have larger carbon footprints…
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How not to argue for stem cell research
I received this press release from the Center for Inquiry (CFI), a group that grew out of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (or CSICOP).…
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A poor argument for gay marriage
James Randi, and the rest of the psi-cops, have increasingly strayed from their original---and self-appointed---role of policing pseudoscience and the paranormal, and are instead intent on doing battle with any…
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An internet success story: Shakedown by Ezra Levant
Shakedown: How Our Government is Undermining Democracy in the Name of Human Rights by Ezra Levant M&S Recommendation: Buy if you want to slip Levant a Loonie, or go to…
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Fads and Fallacies in the Social Sciences by Steven Goldberg: Part II
Part I We now discuss the first two of Goldberg's main claims. Both of them are contentious, are bitterly contested, and passion inducing. Try to keep a cool head; certainly…
