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June 2007

Why Won't God Heal Amputees?

Recently, a reader posted this question: Hey Tim. This doesn't have a lot to do with the topic I don't...

Who Supports Charities?

I've noticed that people who argue that the government needs to take care of the poor are fond of characterizing...

Mental Illness, Homelessness, and How Universities Make People Stupid

Two nights ago, at dinner with a friend, I mentioned my belief that Universities (by which I mean the liberal...

Ron Paul's Moral Equivalence

I do understand and somewhat sympathize with those who think the US shouldn't be overly involved in the rest of...

The Left is Wealthy - Who Knew?

Rolling Stone editor Mark Taibbi, himself a man of the left, notes: This is another dirty little secret of the...

Latest Embryonic Stem Cell Setback

A major setback for "science" (as opposed to religious fanaticism, which is what supporting any other approach would be). In...

Harris & Hitchens: Painting with a Broad Brush

Standard Disclaimer: When I talk about "angry atheists" or "anti-theists", I don't mean all atheists, just those who seem to...

US Foreign Policy, Mohammad Mossadeq, Ron Paul, and Iran

I'm poised at my keyboard, quickly typing this missive because I want you, my dear reader, to know there's a...

Pretty Feet at Any Cost

From Elaine Monaghan: In a 21st-century take on Cinderella's ugly sisters, American women are going under the knife to squeeze...

All We Are Saying...

...is give war a chance... Argentina probably benefited from defeat even more than Britain did from victory. The war was...

Al "He Played on our Fears!" Gore - as a Hawk

Malkin's Hot Air has a wonderful video of Al Gore accusing Bush's father of understating the dangers of Saddam Hussein,...

Thoughts on Altruism and Atheism

I've slept quite badly in recent days, and am incredibly tired. Yet I need to be getting up in about...

The Last King of Scotland

This review contains a few mild spoilers. I think most people will think of the The Last King of Scotland...

Does Flawed Atheism Prove God?

In a comment on "Richard Dawkins Dispells Improbabilities", Anthony L. writes: I found your site with a Quixtar Sucks search...

Worst Poetry?

Douglas Adams wrote that Vogon poetry was the second-worst in the universe -- the worst, he said, was some obscure...

The Secret? They've Chosen to Suffer!

Shannon Barbare makes a few pithy observations about The Secret in yesterday's Denver Post: Where's compassion in "The Secret"? ......

Chavez "Nationalizes" Popular TV Station

Reuters: Venezuela TV station says troops seized equipment Venezuelan troops have seized an anti-government television channel's broadcast equipment, the station...

Who Pays Gas Taxes?

I'm from Wisconsin originally; here's a typical cartoon which illustrates the breathtaking economic ignorance so prevalent in the media: Let...

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