Monthly Archives: March 2008

Genetics and Religion

Scientists say they have found genetic evidence of the Crusaders’ presence in the Middle East: The researchers found that some Christian men in Lebanon carry a DNA signature hailing from Western Europe. The scientists also found that Lebanese Muslim men … Continue reading

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Disgusting

More ridiculous censorship. Web site name registrar Network Solutions is blocking access to a site owned by a controversial Dutch politician known for his confrontational views about Islam and Muslim immigrants. . . . The site in question is fitnathemovie.com, … Continue reading

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An Imaginary Threat to Liberty

The opinion page of the Fresno Bee includes a weekly feature called “Meet Our Letter Writers.” Each week they do a profile of a person who writes a lot of letters to the editor. This week the featured letter-writer is … Continue reading

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Chris Hedges, Shadowboxer

Chris Hedges has written a book called I Don’t Believe in Atheists. AlterNet has posted an article adapted from the book. It’s painful to read, not because it is insightfully correct, but because it is staggeringly wrong. Here is where … Continue reading

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Some Fascinating Music

Another Fresno blogger, Scott Hatfield, has put up a post with a great embedded video that brings together both the music and the novel graphical score for Gyorgy Ligeti‘s Artikulation. Check it out.  Nothing like some excellent mid-20th century experimental … Continue reading

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Transparency is a Foolish Illusion

There are a couple interesting posts at Wired in the last couple days. Today, David Brin writes to defend his idea of a “transparent society,” in which there is more surveillance, but everybody gets to see everybody else. Last week, … Continue reading

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The Justices on Legal Writing

I recently discovered a website that contains a series of video interviews in which eight of the nine justices of the United States Supreme Court talk about legal writing. If you are a law student or a lawyer, then I highly recommend … Continue reading

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Same Song, Different Verse

Every now and then, when I have a few moments, I like to go to Google News and put in the search terms “atheism OR atheist,” just to see what kinds of things are happening. It’s usually pretty interesting stuff, … Continue reading

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