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Romney’s Obama Number
Physicists calculate what is called the "Einstein Number."1 It is a measure of closeness. If you published a paper with that most celebrated scientist, you have an Einstein Number of…
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Obama’s Faulty Pay Gap Statistics, Philosophy Of Abortion; Plus, The End Of The World
Deadline: 21 May 2011 Family Radio Worldwide has hit the road (in a bunch of mobile homes) to preach that the end shall come just over two months from now.…
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India Aborting Girls At Full Speed: Sex Selection And Demographics
Science is great. It---"it" is always an it, an invisible entity, a guiding sapience, an intelligence that can be looked to for guidance---can now us tell the sex of a…
Posted inBook review
Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg, Part II
Read Part I, Read Part III. When we left off last time, Goldberg's book was just beginning. Here's what happened in the States. Progressives in America approved heartily of Europe…
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Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg, Part III
Read Part I, Part II. Buy the book. Last time, President Wilson had just shown the country his vision of the future. And what a vision it was! Full of…
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Guest Post by Paul “Population Bomb” Ehrlich: Fight the Climate Skeptic Conspiracy!
This is satire.1 Hi, I'm scientist Paul Ehrlich. You might remember me from such failed predictions as "Everybody's Going to Die by 1984!" and "Tin to Become More Precious than…
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Intelligent Design is Mostly Harmlessness: Reply to Eugenie Scott
Eugenie C. Scott Executive Director National Center for Science Education Dear Ms Scott, Thank you for your recent letter informing me of the efforts of your fine organization to discourage…
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Obamacare Predictions: Part II
Read Part I. I'll be away from the computer a large portion of today and will be slow in answering comments. Your health care will degrade Since the deficit will…
