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July 2007

Movie Review: 1408

My girlfriend's a Harry Potter fan and I'm not. In the wake of a recent impulse to make her happy,...

Colony Collapse Disorder

All across America, beekeepers have noticed that their bees have just gone missing. It's been a huge mystery, and a...

The Commit/Accuse Pattern

One of the tactics I've noticed over and over among the left is something I'm calling the commit/accuse pattern, in...

Morality: God Matters

I've been concerned that as or society becomes more secular and less Judeo-Christian we'll become increasingly immoral and politically radical....

Request for Info: Greg Montoya and Ecoquest

I have a friend who's getting involved with an MLM run by Greg Montoya. If you have any information of...

"Sicko" Reviews Provide Evidence of Bias?

Peter Barry Chowka: As of July 10th, there were 5,726 news articles in response to the keyword "sicko" linked from...

Science and Religion

Atheists usually depict their beliefs as the unavoidable result of learning more about the world. For example, writing in the...

Staunch Republican Supports Democrats (Updated)

The "disaffected Republican" is one of the standard set-pieces of the modern mainstream media: one tends to only hear from...

The Mysterious Case of the Throbbing Oil

From the I-miss-Mr-Wizard Department: This actually sounds like a lot of fun: Hey kids! Try this at home. Pour clean...

Five Dangers of Religion?

Here, in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution are five religious leaders, allegedly from different religions, giving their idea of "the most dangerous...

News Roundup: Blowing Up Mary

At Volokh: When the Taliban demolished statues of the Buddha, many people all over the world, including many non-Buddhists, denounced...

Progressive Taxation

Incredibly, via the New York Times business editorial pages: The C.B.O.’s most recent calculations of federal tax rates show a...

The New Death Cult?

Brendan O'Neill, writing in The Guardian, makes the same case that Michael Crichton and others have made before: I'm as...

Ron Paul's Constitutional Idiocy

Ron Paul and his supporters assure us they will "reinstate" the US Constitution. And indeed, such an idea is welcomed...

Learning from Michael and Cuba

The US healthcare system is, of course, flawed. People contract diseases in hospitals, costs are high, staff are not always...

What do Ron Paul and al Qaeda Have in Common?

There's a rather remarkable article in the left-leaning Guardian -- even moreso when you consider their typical biases. They deserve...

Ignorance & Arrogance: The Dynamic Duo

This is something that has astonished me for a long time: People do a good job of managing their own...

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