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SETI Goes Deaf

The Allen Telescope Array run by SETI---Search for Extra-terrestrial Intelligence---has been forced into hibernation because of the lack of money (Mercury News story). The electronic ears will remain planted on…

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I Am The Cause Of All Discrimination In The United States Of America

Today's post is at Pajama's Media, "The Cause of All Discrimination? Me: One man makes a shocking confession." Logically, if there is discrimination, there must be discriminators and discriminatees. Who,…

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Religion May Become Extinct, Experts

In 1850 in the Netherlands nearly everybody was a Christian. A century later, three out of four said they still were. But if you believe mathematicians Daniel Abrams and Haley…

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Do The Rich Pay Their Fair Share?

The answer depends on which country you live. In the United States, the rich not only pay their "fair" share, they pay more. Even stronger, wealthy American citizens pay more…

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First Things’ Tournament of Novels: Get ’em While You Can

First Things' Joe Carter is running an amusing contest pitting great (and not so great) novels against one another, knock-out tournament style. As of this writing, he's up to Round…

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Japanese Meltdown

No, not the reactors, the press. Ghouls, most of them. They always wish for the worst. The only class of people (besides Communists and morticians) for whom death not only…

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Freeman Dyson, NPR, TSA X-rays, Northwestern University’s Bachelor Party

The Lady Tasting Tea continues tomorrow. Freeman Dyson Speaks From our man-on-the-spot WS comes this link to an interview with Freeman Dyson regarding his work "In Praise of Heretics." That…

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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.…

Nate on Merry Christmas!December 28, 2024
Merry Christmas Matt!
SHAWN E MARSHALL on The Lesson Scientists Never LearnDecember 28, 2024
That is a great post - thanks. I have struggled through Hayek's "Road to Serfdom" and I think he says…
Johnno on The Lesson Scientists Never LearnDecember 28, 2024
"The No. 1 mystical belief of the age of science was that the methods of the natural sciences can and…
Johnno on Merry Christmas!December 28, 2024
Merry Christmas!
Bernard Carlisle on Merry Christmas!December 26, 2024
Great parting shot on the “Santa Math” episode: “Come back if you want to hear about the Easter Bunny”. Always…