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Monday, December 15, 2014

Thoughts on Some Racial News

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Three black effigies were found hanging on the campus of UC Berkeley over the weekend. Perhaps this was the work of cruel, thoughtless, stu...
Saturday, December 13, 2014

Which Is Worse?

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Consider this scenario: You're in the position of a terrorist detained by the intelligence service of the country whose citizens you wer...
Friday, December 12, 2014

ESPN?

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Remember when the media was swooning over "the most brilliant man" ever to occupy the White House? Remember advisor Valerie Jarret...
Thursday, December 11, 2014

The Origin and Importance of the Moon

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We've been following a series at Evolution News and Views on the uniqueness of the earth, a uniqueness which suggests that life may be v...
Wednesday, December 10, 2014

The Crucial Question on Torture

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Yesterday, the Senate Intelligence Committee under Senator Dianne Feinstein released their report on the CIA's interrogation methods in ...
Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Santa Claus and St. Nicholas

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As we approach the Christmas season I thought it might be worthwhile to rerun a post from last December on the origin of the legend of Santa...
Monday, December 8, 2014

What Caused Eric Garner's Death

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Marc Fitch, writing at The Federalist, is a mental health worker who trains others in how to restrain difficult patients. He offers his exp...
Saturday, December 6, 2014

The UVA Rape Case

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Here's what happened. A woman named Jackie accused a group of men in a University of Virginia fraternity of having serially raped her at...
Friday, December 5, 2014

Why Christians Celebrate Christmas

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In this season of shopping and feasting it's easy to lose sight of why Christmas is a special day. The following allegory, which we'...
Thursday, December 4, 2014

The Death of Eric Garner

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Sean Davis at The Federalist has a good piece on the death of Eric Garner last summer. In case you missed it, Garner was illegally selling ...
Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Why Everyone Hates You

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Perhaps you've heard the story . A low level staffer to a backbench Republican congressman, a woman named Elizabeth Lauten, put some unc...
Tuesday, December 2, 2014

The Goldilocks Sun

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Last week we posted a piece on how delicately balanced the solar system must be in order for biologically advanced life to exist on earth. ...
Monday, December 1, 2014

Xmas

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Some people get a little miffed during the Christmas season over the use of Xmas rather than Christmas , but perhaps their discomfiture is ...
Saturday, November 29, 2014

Christmas Gift Idea

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Is there someone on your Christmas shopping list you think might enjoy reading a novel which blends philosophy, religion, and a crime story ...
Friday, November 28, 2014

Does America Have a Racism Problem?

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Writing at CNN in the wake of the decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of Michael Brown LZ Granderson states that w...
Thursday, November 27, 2014

Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation

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Ever since the presidency of George Washington Americans had been celebrating days of thanksgiving, but they had been declared mostly by the...
Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Political Nihilism

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Peggy Noonan at the Wall Street Journal is certainly no bomb-thrower, but even she has come to the conclusion that the current administratio...
Tuesday, November 25, 2014

A Very Sad Night for America

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In the days to come there'll doubtless be much commentary on the recent events in Ferguson, Missouri. I don't know whether or not t...
Monday, November 24, 2014

Goldilocks Planet

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Scientists have cataloged dozens of parameters that have to be just right for life to appear on earth. The improbability of a planet having ...
Saturday, November 22, 2014

A Meaningful Thanksgiving

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Looking to do something that'll make a difference in people's lives, a meaningful way to celebrate the Thanksgiving season? Why not ...