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Why Are Elites Making Us Say Men Are Women?
I do not joke nor jest. In New York City, "You can be fined for not calling people 'ze' or 'hir,' if that's the pronoun they demand that you use."…
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List Of Biblical Contradictions Withers To None
Some fellow pleased to call himself a skeptic, which is to say an atheist, thinks Matthew 28:1 (In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the…
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Campus Idiocy Roundup II
Given the (this isn't the right word) success of the last Roundup, this may become a semi-regular feature. Headline Catholic College Students Push Expanded LGBTQ Acronym Longtime readers know these…
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Celebrating 4th of July Makes You Republican: Harvard Profs Say So
This post originally ran 1 July 2011. The authors never responded to my offer. Democrats! I beseech thee! Do not let thy children fly the flag on the Glorious Fourth!…
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How Long Is A “Blink of an Eye” Astronomically?
This post originally ran 24 October 2010. In a 15 January Science news item, Yudhijit Bhattacharjee reported that the earliest galaxies began to form around 300 million years after the…
Posted inBook review Philosophy
Reasoning To Belief: Feser’s The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism — Part I
This series originally began 5 August 2012. The links to the remainder are below. Read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part Interlude, Part IV, Part V, Part VI. Part…
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Confidence Interval Interpretation
This post originally ran 3 November 2014. Reader Professor Doctor Moritz Heene writes: I read your post on CIs with great interest, especially this one: https://www.wmbriggs.com/blog/?p=11862, see "Thinner is better":…
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Prediction: Supreme Court Will Punt In Fake Marriage Cake Case
Stream -- Prediction: Supreme Court Will Punt In Fake Marriage Cake Case. A frisson of delight ran through the Christianity community when it was announced Monday the Supreme Court will…
