Lately, my Facebook newsfeed has been inundated by this image. It is accompanied, in almost every case, by unquestioning support and assertions that the words in the image are so obviously true. How could they not be? After all, this is a big, complicated country and we’ve got a lot of infrastructure that was expensive [...]
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Empathy may not be a uniquely human trait1, and we may not exercise it as often as we ought to, but in my experience I’ve found that most people — when they really want to — can put themselves in the shoes of someone else. This is the same quality that allows us to see [...]
Charles Bolden was President Obama’s selection for the head of NASA. To be honest, I have no idea who the guy is or whether or not he’s qualified to hold the position, but this quote from an interview he did with Al Jazeera, is rather disconcerting: Q: I know it’s very rude to ask this [...]
Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota, was present for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s confirmation hearing yesterday and used part of her time to pose a very, very pressing legal question: Team Edward or Team Jacob. I wish I could tell you that I was kidding, but I am not. Ms. Kagan, who will [...]
Q4 2009 has not been good to True Believers of Anthropogenic Global Warming so far. Two big revelations have cast a shadow on, as far as I can tell, basically every piece of science1 supporting the theory that human-created greenhouse gasses are having a catastrophic impact on the planet. Breaking the Hockey Stick First came [...]
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Today marks the start of a momentous occasion: my return to normal-people work hours. It happened a week early, which is good and bad. On the plus side, it’s one less week of zombie hours. On the down side, I was planning on having some free days this week, so I’ll have to re-arrange some [...]
For all of the good that civil rights crusaders have done over the years, one of the few disservices I believe they’ve rendered to our society is the vilification of the word “discriminate.” At its core, “discrimination” is not inherently evil. In fact, unbeknownst to many, nary a day goes by during which we don’t [...]
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I’m still not sure what I think about Vick’s reinstatement. I’m really, really happy that Atlanta released him. I’m not really much of a Falcons fan, but if they had let him back on the roster, there’s no way I’d ever be able to cheer for them. If I were the commissioner, he’d never play [...]
The human body is an amazing thing. All of the outrage and hand-wringing about the AIG bonuses has caused me to roll my eyes so many times that I’d have thought for sure they’d have fallen completely out of my head but, alas, they have not. There are a few problems with the incessant bitching.
President Obama laid out his education plan today, and I’m a little confused by it. Specifically, I’m looking for the part that is completely bizarre and makes no sense. I’m not seeing it. I’m not sure that this will ever be anything but rhetoric, though: he urged states to develop standards “that don’t simply measure [...]