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Congratulations Again Democrats
Good for you Mr President, you won. Huzzah. Thank Sandy? The Senate stayed blue; turned bluer, even. My only advice is not to run the money-printing presses the full twenty-four…
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University’s Non-Discrimination Clause
I've been looking at university positions and typical is this fine print from the University of San Francisco (which used to be Catholic): The University of San Francisco is an…
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Realism vs. Anti-Realism III: The anti-realist response — Guest Post by G. Rodrigues
We have no space to follow St. Thomas through all these negative heresies; but a word must be said about Nominalism or the doubt founded on the things that differ.…
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1 Billion To Die By 2030: Global Warming’s Deadly Rampage!
You read that number right, friend. One billion---that's billion-with-a-Carl-Sagan-B---fresh corpses will pile the streets by 2030. A billion! During these same years, global warming will be among us, hiding, seeking;…
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End Of The World Approaches—This Time Via A “State Shift”
"Humans," the species nobody asked for, "now dominate Earth," the brutes, "changing it in ways that threaten its ability to sustain us and other species," for it is our duty…
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USA Homicide Rates: 1950-2010; By Race And Sex
How has the homicide rate changed through time? The Bureau of Justice Statistics of our great government compiles statistics on just this kind of thing. This data arises from the…
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More Proof Music Is Growing Worse
New proof (which wasn't really need) that popular music is, as has long been claimed, been growing worse has arrived thanks to the diligent work of Joan Serrà and his…
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Grade Inflation
Via GradeInflation.com via Mark Perry via HotAir comes this telling picture. Be sure to read the original site. Although Stuart Rojstaczer doesn't have much data from Community Colleges, he does…