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November 2006

Atheism and Circularity

As I've grown older, one of the things I've noticed about "atheism", in the sense of being a reaction to...

Appropos DeVito

You can probably guess this one already. I'm remembering the screams of outrage when Cheney used the F-word at a...

Burdens of Proof

Tonight, I spoke on the telephone with a friend of mine. She's a Christian, and had been talking to a...

Putin the Poisoner

... seems to have been at it again: Boris Berezovsky, an exiled Russian billionaire and fierce opponent of the Kremlin,...

"The Worst Argument in the World"

Today, I'd like to direct my readers to a very important fallacy -- one I often hear repeated on polite...

Teacher's Unions Against Science

I was reading this tirade by the California Federation of Teachers (CFT), a teacher's union. I wouldn't recommend it unless...

Why Theism Dominates

Recently, an inquisitive commenter asked this question: ... could you give some examples of the "explanatory powers" and "success rates"...

Richard Dawkins' Tenuous Grasp of Science

I know, I know: the very title itself is nearly blasphemous. Richard Dawkins is, after all, the "Charles Simonyi Professor...

God Cannot Exist Because Richard Dawkins Does

It seems to be deflate-Richard-Dawkins week here at Random Obserations. In this series of articles, my point is not to...

The Beginning and End of Wisdom

In "American Innumeracy", I reference a few harmful educational trends currently afflicting our children. But it's not enough to curse...

Richard Dawkins Proves George Bush Doesn't Exist

I'm probably going to skewer somebody's pet goat here (subliminal foreshadowing) but Richard Dawkins, frankly, isn't the sharpest tool in...

In the News: Sins of the Flesh

A quote, from somewhere in Newsweek (I couldn't find the original) via GetReligion: But there is clearly discomfort with the...

American Innumeracy

A recent study seems to show nations with students who are impressed with their math skills are also the nations...

Roseanne Barr: A Prophet for Our Times

Barr, on Larry King Live. Regarding drug legalization: KING: Let's discuss other things, the war on drugs, what do you...

Elton John: "I would ban religion completely"

Via WIBA, Madison: Elton John has blasted the religions of the world, claiming followers are encouraged to hate gays. The...

President George W. Bush (D)

As a person, from what can be dimly discerned from a distance, George Bush strikes me as a decent enough...

Blair, UK, EU Oppose Death Penalty for Saddam

How touching. Tony Blair, the UK government as a whole, and many other countries have gone out of their way...

The Island of Doctor Armstrong

International Daily Newswire: UK Scientists Seek to Create Human-Cow Embryos NEWCASTLE, UK, November 6, 2006 (ENS) - Stem cell scientists...

Euthanasia News

Der Spiegel: Mass Grave of Young Children Found in Germany A mass grave containing the bodies of at least 20...

The UN's Vision of the Internet: Zero-Sum Game

What is it about so many left-leaning politicians that cause them to see everything as a zero-sum game? Too much...

Those Dangerous/Harmless Iraqi Nuke Plans

Instapundit directs our attention to a JustOneMinute post about the Iraqi nuke plans: The NY Times quotes Peter Zimmerman, who...

Those Selfish Conservatives

I'm not bringing this up to bash "liberals", but one does get a bit tired of a politicial movement which...

A Challenge to Modern Gnostics: What's the Problem?

Lately, Random Observations (thanks primarily to Ryan's doings) has seen a number of parallel debates about Gnosticism; ancient and modern....

"Stuck in Iraq" : In Which I Defend John Kerry

I've been tremendously busy lately, but couldn't help but hear about the latest John Kerry gaffe. I've been no apologist...

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