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20% Of Scientists To Jump Ship Because Of Sequestration

According to Huffington Post, 20% of the country's scientists will jump on the nearest cargo ship and head for points unknown because the government slowed its rate of increase in…

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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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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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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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Loome Theological Booksellers

Have you been yet to Loome Theological Booksellers? Today's the day. I learnt of this place from Brandon Vogt's piece, Why Catholic Books Still Matter: An Interview with Christopher Hagen.…

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On The Battlements Of Culture

Chick-Fil-A should be put out of business, the owners of its franchises stripped of all assets, and all its employees thrown in the street. No amount of pain is too…

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Richelieu And Bacon On Education

From France in the Age of Louis XIII and Richelieu by Victor-L. Tapié translated by D. McN. Lockie, Praeger Publishers, New York, 1975, p. 172: He regarded a multiplication in…

John McKeon on Register Your Predictions For 2025!January 3, 2025
1) SOUTH Florida will see snow 2) Trump will step down likely due to health reasons 3) Another Helene like…
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1- Trudeau and the Liberal Party get a serious spanking. Pierre Polievre becomes PM and immediately ends the carbon tax,…
Johnno on Register Your Predictions For 2025!January 3, 2025
In the year 2025... 1) God begins to punish the world, saying, "Let every spider increase in size by 1…
Hun on Register Your Predictions For 2025!January 3, 2025
1. Barron Trump will get a jewish girlfriend. She will not let go. 2. China GDP will grow more than…
Mike Anderson on Register Your Predictions For 2025!January 3, 2025
1. The lights will go out in California about the same time they come back on in Puerto Rico. 2.…