Monthly Archives: January 2008

The Kind of Life that Art Imitates

Here’s a story that sounds like something out of the television show House. It came from the Wired Science blog, but I’ll summarize: An elderly man slips and falls on a child’s toy and can’t get up. The paramedics take … Continue reading

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Next in Line

Here is some troubling hypocrisy: U.S. intelligence chief Mike McConnell said in a magazine interview that waterboarding would be torture if it was used against him personally, but stopped short of condemning the controversial interrogation technique. It is reminiscent to … Continue reading

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Dispelling Misconceptions

A few days ago, the Fresno Bee printed a disturbing letter from one of its readers, someone named Paul Deffebach: On Christmas Day, Evelyn Sheldon, listed as a member of the Fresno Atheists Meetup Group, took umbrage that the House … Continue reading

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