Participation
- Rebecca on The Tiny Constable: I love it when other SC justices answer back to Scalia’s ass-holery.
- adam on 4’33″: Rehearsal must be a breeze.
- adam on The Tiny Constable: The English language is so fucking stupid.
- Steven on The Problem of Persuasion: I, for one, would much rather have my guilt or innocence determined by a computer, than a lot of...
- Steven on Law vs. Justice: Law MUST have equal consideration for justice! EVERY written law has a justifiable contradiction to that law....
- Peter on The Tiny Constable: I’m pretty sure “secrete” is a verb meaning “to conceal.”
- adam on The Tiny Constable: Except the episode would be about whether “Tory Belleci can secret himself” rather than...
- Peter on Still Searching: Thanks.
- Rebecca on Still Searching: Good post.
Tweets
- .@RepJeffDenham If you won't support high speed rail, then I won't support you.
- RT @calladus: The minority voices of #Christian extremists are heard so clearly because the majority of Christian moderates refuse to sp ...
- @ATF628 Did you get anything good?
- RT @jboren4507: Read half-dozen stories today about people getting thrown under the bus. CHP should investigate outbreak of bus v. ped. ...
- @senatorboxer Vote NO on PIPA and SOPA. Stopping piracy is a good idea; trampling free expression in the process is a terrible idea.
- @RepJeffDenham Vote NO on PIPA and SOPA. Stopping piracy is a good idea; trampling free expression in the process is a terrible idea.
- @calladus Is that study merely OF beliefs, or study driven BY beliefs?
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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