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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
God is now speaking directly to Glenn Beck, who claims the date for his Washington, D.C. rally is divine providence. Nobody should be surprised because Beck by inference has compared himself to Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, and Jesus. Beck will be out to “restore honor” to the nation in a form of divine intervention, without...
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
NOTE: THIS BLOG WAS PUBLISHED ON WWW.RICHARDDAWKINS.COM
Author Oliver Thomas answered his headline question, “Why Religion” in the August 9, 2010, issue of USA Today with three justifications. All three are deeply flawed, revealing the soft white underbelly of religion’s...
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Monday, August 9th, 2010
Former and soon-to-be-again presidential candidate Mike Huckabee believes the End Times are near. Sadly, he is not alone, which is why a candidate for the highest office in the land can be taken seriously after voicing such beliefs. As Huffington Post blogger Clay Ferris Naff Read More »
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Monday, August 2nd, 2010
We the people of rational thought and sound mind in middle America, in order to establish a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the benefits of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Mocha Cappuccino...
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Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
The human species is consuming resources unsustainably and inefficiently. The problem all boils down to discount rate. Before we can understand such an odd and simple conclusion we need to look first at a few gross patterns of consumption.
Ocean...
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Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
Whether called marriage or euphemistically something else, opponents of state-sanctioned gay unions often cite “the sanctity of marriage” as a primary argument to restrict the institution to heterosexual couples. Marriage, we are told grimly, must be between one man and one woman and all else is an affront to god....
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Friday, July 9th, 2010
Most of us act hypocritically when going green, at least some of the time. Celebrities take a big hit with the most visible transgressions. John Travolta properly advocates against greenhouse gas emissions, but owns a fleet of jets. Barbra Streisand is a vocal supporter of many environmental causes, and her website offers advice...
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Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) used his bully pulpit as the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee to be a bully during the first day of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court candidate Elena Kagan. His opening remarks were a series of unsubstantiated personal attacks with the primary intent of degrading the nominee....
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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
Before imploding in the face of his sordid extramarital trysts, presidential candidate John Edwards based his campaign on the idea of two Americas: one rich, the other poor. He was right about the idea that American is divided, but wrong about the nature of the division. The deeper and more important split is defined by religiosity,...
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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
In the world of aviation, if a systemic flaw is found in the design of an aircraft, usually following a deadly crash, the entire fleet is grounded until the problem is fully characterized and fixed. In 1979 the FAA grounded the entire DC-10 fleet because of “grave deficiencies in the structure which attaches the engine to...
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