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Do Americans Still Dislike Atheists?
The answer is: Americans hate atheists just as much as they hate theists. Residents of these grand United States had always disliked prigs of any stripe and are not shy…
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The Non-Candidacy Of Donald Trump
2020 Update Thanks for DAV for reminding me of this. This post below shows how far you can go wrong, how idiotic you can be, when you, like I, follow…
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Government outlays: The Canadian Experience — Guest Post by David Ipperciel
In the post "Taxing the Rich Always Fails Eventually," Briggs states that, "It is rational to believe that these years [of decreasing deficits] will continue to be infrequent." I believe…
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SETI Goes Deaf
The Allen Telescope Array run by SETI---Search for Extra-terrestrial Intelligence---has been forced into hibernation because of the lack of money (Mercury News story). The electronic ears will remain planted on…
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Slaughter Better Than Disease In Controlling Global Warming, Researchers
If you had to guess, which of these would you think would be a better control for global warming: Genghis Khan or the Black Death? Before answering, consider that both…
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Earth Has Rights! Guest Post by John Henry Briggs
Since I am away out west, I sent intrepid reporter and number two son John Henry Briggs to the Center for Place, Culture and Politics at CUNY Graduate Center, where…
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Taxing The Rich Always Fails Eventually
The solution Mr Obama proposed yesterday for increasing the federal budget was to raise taxes. He did not suggest taking a one-time chunk of money from those who earned it…
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Overstretching Climate Change Attribution
Says Camille Parmesan and others, "The biological world is responding rapidly to a changing climate, but attempts to attribute individual impacts to rising greenhouse gases are ill-advised" (from the first…