November 30, 2006 – 10:18 pm
In “civilized” society, we know that one of the cardinal rules is that there are certain topics one just simply does not bring up: politics, religion, money, and sex. The problem, of course, is that without these subjects most dinner parties devolve into inane conversations about the weather, and online communities such as Newsvine would [...]
November 27, 2006 – 10:17 pm
Some things are a question of faith, and some things are a matter of science. Wandering through my back yard at night, looking up at the glowing ball above me (as it whispers and beacons to lovers and wolves whom I have never met), one fact rises above the quagmire of doubt and debate to [...]
November 21, 2006 – 10:16 pm
So here’s a simple question for all you students of social psychology these days: What’s up with all the Christmas decorations all ready? It is several days before Thanksgiving. I am driving in my truck with my kid, when…sure enough…I espy another house with lit up, three foot candy canes and a jolly plastic Santa [...]
November 17, 2006 – 10:14 pm
This week’s news headlines run something like this: Russia, U.S. Disagree on Iran Sanctions Israel Vows to Respond to Rocket Attack China Declines APEC Meeting With Canada Bush Warns N. Korea on Nuclear Transfers …and so on. Notice anything missing? Diplomacy is an artform that has never been well understood by most, and in recent [...]
October 30, 2006 – 9:21 pm
Now, ignoring for the moment that I am fanatically agnostic, I started to contemplate today the pro-life argument against abortion. The argument I most commonly hear is that a fetus is a living person with a right to life, even if that life is a miserable one. Sometimes, in the case of the pro-lifer being [...]
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