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Baseball To Toss Tradition, Allow Replays
There is a lawyer in each of us struggling to claw its way out and sue. Yet most of us---because we learnt to heed our mothers and are kind to…
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That IQ And Atheism Study
A lovely, but not at all unexpected conceit, held firmly by a certain sort of atheist, is that he has based his non-belief on his superior intelligence. He quotes, "A…
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Belloc On The Limited Intelligence Of Scientists
From Hilaire Belloc's Richelieu, J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia & Londen, 1929, p. 23, in the context of disproving the social theory of historical events, i.e. the one which claims individuals…
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What’s Happening Between Russia And The Church?
No, really. I'm asking. I don't know but would like to. Something's brewing, or perhaps has already brewed. Consider these points: Item Patriarch Kirill "warned Western governments on Sunday against…
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XKeyscore: Too Early For I Told You So?
Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety, unless they're scared of terrorists, and then it's okay---Benjamin Franklin So the…
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Another Revolution In College Learning
Did you hear? Our top universities gathered their number-one administrators and professors at a secret conclave and, acting as one, created a new device which will "revolutionize" college learning. You've…
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Bishop Tutu: “I’d Rather Go To Hell Than…”
Desmond Tutu, the once-famous Anglican bishop, made the news when he said yesterday, "I would not worship a God who is homophobic and that is how deeply I feel about…
Six Types Of Atheists?
A group of academics---and in a happy shock, they used their own money to show this---discovered that there were six types of atheists. Which type are you? Christopher Silver, of…