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Predictions 2014—Register Yours Today!
What will happen in the world in 2014? You have until 10 January to tell us in the comments below. Let's hope we're more accurate than we were last year,…
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How’d We Do On Our 2013 Predictions?
We have proved yet again that the future is that undiscovered country with our predictions for 2013. See the original guesses here. Don't make new predictions here. Tomorrow I'll start…
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Racist Researchers, The Racists, Accuse Gun Owners Of Racism, You Racist
That kick-butt guy in the black wig is me, kung fu-ing the stuffing out of asinine research. Listen to the klaxon clang as evildoers discover we are among them! Or…
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Why Falsifiability, Though Flawed, Is Alluring: Part I
A theory is said not to be scientific unless it is falsifiable. This is an understandable definition, but as something philosophically useful it fails because most theories scientists hold are…
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Loome Theological Booksellers
Have you been yet to Loome Theological Booksellers? Today's the day. I learnt of this place from Brandon Vogt's piece, Why Catholic Books Still Matter: An Interview with Christopher Hagen.…
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Fingers Lakes Wine Tasting Notes
A few years ago the boss of Guinness toured American micro-breweries and congratulated them for their enterprise, but he also gave them a spot of advice, which, paraphrased, was that…
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What’s The Official Name For Governance By Thuggery?
To summarize what we know, but only in brief and leaving out many smaller scandals: The White House lied about the cause of Benghazi. They knowingly, willingly, and falsely claimed…
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Political Philosophy: Peter Kreeft’s Summa Philosophica Part IX
Remember, we're doing summaries of summaries here; only bare sketches are possible. Buy his book for more detail. Read Part VIII. Question IX is Political Philosophy. Stand back! Article 1:…