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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…
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Switzerland Has Contest For New National Anthem Which Removes God
Switzerland announced a contest for a new National Anthem. Because why? Because the old one has too many references to the Man Upstairs. Yes: Project leader Lukas Niederberger (not enough…
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Abortion Safety: Doctors V. Nurses & Physician Assistants & Midwives—Part I
Cautionary Introduction In Part II, we will examine the paper "Safety of Aspiration Abortion Performed by Nurse Practitioners, Certified Nurse Midwives, and Physician Assistants Under a California Legal Waiver" in…
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Some Hollywood Money Statistics
Here, for no reason I can identify except I found it fun and the last long weekend of summer is upon us, are some statistics on the state of Hollywood…
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Preferred Female Body Proportions Among Child-Free Men
"Did you see her? Just my kind of adequate gluteofemoral fat stores!" "No way, man. The kind of reproduction-related attractiveness cues I go for are located further north. I likes…
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Visualization Of Biblical Cross References And Supposed Contradictions
Chris Harris created some pretty graphics showing Biblical cross references and other such things. Below is the main result: The bar graph that runs along the bottom represents all of…
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On The College Bubble—Update
Must-reading from the Wall Street Journal. Richard Vedder: "The Real Reason College Costs So Much. The expert on the economics of higher education explains how subsidies fuel rising prices and…
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Genre Fiction—Guest Post by D.B.
"I have a confession to make," said Jayden. "You won't like it." Abby slowed to a stop, her limbs not responding. She knew this was coming. Something that was not…
