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June 2008

Supreme Wordplay

My mind boggled when I heard Stevens' Heller dissent (bold added, of course): The Court would have us believe that...

Determinism is Dead. Long Live Determinism!

A century ago, most scientists believed the universe was deterministic -- meaning that if we could just know where everything...

Of Psychics and School Boards

From Canada's CityNews: Leduc's weird tale began on May 30, when she dropped young Victoria off for class at Terry...

Two on China and Subsidies

First, refreshing candor from President Clinton's trade negotiator: It is rare when a government official actually blames himself for his...

Ten Atheist Dogmas

Like any other group, those who call themselves "atheist" vary greatly. Some (those I call "friendly" atheists) don't believe God...

Dude, Where's My Summer Job?

This year, it’s harder than ever for teens to find a summer job. Researchers at Northeastern University described summer...

Richard Dawkins Proves God's Existence

Richard Dawkins argues that the probability of God's existence must be very low (but not zero): Accepting, then, that the...

The Stability of the Biosphere

I just noticed something, and it's been staring me right in the face for at least the last several month....

Atheism is not an Ideology?

For generations now, popular atheist apologists have blamed "religion" (or sometimes, more specially, Christianity) for most or all of mankind's...

Gun Safety Training

James Lileks, on BB guns: Nowadays we’ve done away with these dangerous violent antisocial pseudo-guns, and replaced them with merry-makers...

The Next Wave

According to 60 Minutes, you can't directly tell them they've made a mistake. You can't ask them to follow any...

Why Not Eliminate ALL Spam?

I don't understand why we're having such a hard time preventing e-mail spam. It seems to me that with a...

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