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Reddit Bans Dissent
I tried posting a thing or two at Reddit a while back (by invitation), but one of my i's wasn't dotted, or a t wasn't crossed, and the ankle biters…
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The Closing Of The Scientific Mind
The title was swiped from Commentary Magazine's piece of the same name by David Gelernter, which all should read. Since today is a busy day at the Briggs Ranch, just…
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Their Science Or Ours
Jim Fedako (who wrote this piece; send him email) is a business analyst and homeschooling father of seven who lives in Lewis Center, OH. To state the obvious: Briggs is…
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How’d We Do On Our 2013 Predictions?
We have proved yet again that the future is that undiscovered country with our predictions for 2013. See the original guesses here. Don't make new predictions here. Tomorrow I'll start…
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Global Warming To Cause New Crisis. What Will It Be?
Seems the Arctic ice sheet has refused to do what it was told by computer models. The models "conservatively" insisted the ice would be gone entirely by 2013, yet the…
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Monday Mail
Inbox I'm several hundred emails behind. This weekend, always the slowest of the year, allowed me to catch up some. I appreciate very much all the missives and apologize if…
Logan’s Run: A Progressive Utopia
I heard they were (possibly) remaking Logan's Run and I wondered why. It's not that the original was terrific or timeless, but it did tell one essential truth: what life…
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July 4th: It’s Summer And It’s Hot
[To be sung to the obvious tune] I have a sad story to tell you It might upset you a bit Last night I walked on the sidewalk And it…
