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July 2011

Barack Obama: Now Losing the Coveted "UFO Vote" Too?

From the delightfully-named Barack Obama UFO blog: [Obama, 2009:] "I will never hide the truth because it's uncomfortable.... I will...

Important Federal Issue: Are Asians "White" or "Black"?

From the comments at Volokh: When I was in middle school in the early 90s in FL, my district was...

Black Middle Class Being Destroyed

Fox News: According to an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute, in Charlotte, N.C., the unemployment rate for African-Americans is...

"Science" Versus ID Advocates

A discussion of a hypothetical 50-bit self-replicating molecule as the basis for for life. Personally, I have trouble seeing how...

Evangelicals and New Atheists Are Asymmetrical

Althouse debates Rebecca Watson. In the comments, a symmetry is proposed between atheists who just can't leave others' faith alone,...

Extortion and the Deficit

The left is expert at using fear to manipulate people. Yesterday, a liberal friend told me he was hearing they...

C.S. Monitor Not What It Used to Be

Perhaps they're not even aware they're in the tank: The president had just been informed late Friday afternoon that Republican...

Scientifically Literate More Likely, Not Less, to Dismiss Global Warming

The authors of this study clearly think this is a problem: On the whole, the most scientifically literate and numerate...

Rich Mullins on Democracy

Via Countdown Magazine: I think the big problem is that, as Christians, we forgot that our identity is wrapped up...

Rebecca Watson's Big Atheist Adventure

In "The Privilege Delusion", Rebecca Watson paints a rather troubling image of the harassment which she often receives as part...

Tom Hanks is Brilliunt

Via Don Surber (via Insty): Host Kyra Phillips introduced the subject, saying: "All right. President Obama, you've been a big...

Debt Ceiling: Brooks and McArdle Back Democrats

Ah, it's debt impasse time again. A time when both parties — both Republicans and Democrats — must stand on...

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