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Home School College
Note: a more thorough review of Esolen's book is coming very soon. Thanks to Ben Franklin, it has always been possible to home-school yourself to a college education. Libraries let…
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Bill Nye Pervs Science—Again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46h-LfNWPn8 I'm interrupting the regularly scheduled post---I had hoped to squeeze in some reality this week and give us something to be cheerful about---to bring you another segment of Bill…
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The Democratization of Science Is A Bad Thing: Or, Why Bill Nye Perving Science Was Inevitable
https://twitter.com/ecigcaffeineboy/status/856388900159447040 It's Science! The democratization of any field of human knowledge is a bad thing; thus, the democratization of science is not something to celebrate but to mourn. By democratization…
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March For Science A Dud: Updates
Stream: March For Science A Dud. (Note: Our series with the good saint Thomas Aquinas will return next Sunday. This current post will remain on top through Sunday: watch for…
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March For Politics, Scientism & Scidolatry
Stream: March For Politics, Scientism & Scidolatry. The upcoming March for Science---check with your nearest purple-haired activist for directions and times---is to no one's surprise turning out to be one…
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British Politician Tim Farron Fails To Say Gay Sex Isn’t Sinful, Suffers Celebrity Scorn
The particular personages in this story are not what's most interesting, nor is the outcome of the UK politics which started it. What is fascinating is the browbeating and indignation…
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Archbishop Denounces Church For Harshness Toward NOWM Community
DUBLIN - In his Holy Week and Easter Sunday homilies, Ireland archbishop Dougal O'Toole called Catholicism a "religion of fear" and a "faith of prohibitions," denouncing the Church for its…
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Hostility May Be Warranted: Berkeley, Wellesley & Beyond
Students at Wellesley are starting to feel their non-GMO fair-trade organic Damascus-steel-cut oats. No, wait. That can't be right. Oats are white. Oats are racist. Let me start again. Students…