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Drudge, Rush, Gaia, The Pope, Radio, Etc.
Busy week. To say the least. Class ends this weekend, and it gets busier as it progresses. I had no idea that the piece I wrote yesterday on The Stream---The…
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The Stream: The Scientific Pantheist Who Advises Pope Francis
Today's post is at The Stream, "The Scientific Pantheist Who Advises Pope Francis: The scientist who influenced Laudato Si, and who serves at the Vatican's science office, seems to believe…
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Randomness And The “Null” Hypothesis
Last week of teaching! Randomness is not a cause. Neither is chance. It is always a mistake to say things like "explainable by chance", "random change", "the differences are random",…
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How Government Beneficence Hurts The Poor
Editor says: Note the author's name. The Poor in America have had less-favored status for a while. Sure, there are food stamps, low-income housing, transfer payments, and some kind of…
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Laudato Si’: How To Live?
First, an update. Mid-way through the class. Keeps me busy from dawn to dark every day. And I'm taking advantage of the libraries while I'm here. I have hundreds of…
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The Stream: Laudato Si on the Science of Global Warming
Today's post is at The Stream. Laudato Si on the Science of Global Warming: Loud and Clear and Mistaken. In a recent meeting Pope Francis held with priests in Rome's…
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#LaudatoSi Thoughts
I'll have more later, including a piece at The Stream. Still teaching. The fake controversy of the "broken embargo" is now at an end and we have the final text.…
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Crisis: Leaked Laudato Lamented
I'm still in the midst of teaching. We go all day, 9 to 5. I have no access to the Internet or email during this time. And after, I head…