Homeopathy: The Drama
Whoa. That’s strong stuff. Hat tip to Science-Based Medicine.
Month: July 2009
Reverse Pareidolia
If I Volunteer To Rescue Animals, What’s My Cut Of The Action?
When you Christians get raptured, you know that I won’t be. I’m an atheist and I have blasphemed as set forth in Mark 3:29.* So I wonder what share of the fee I get for working for these people? *… Continue Reading
A Nation Of Lawyers
Were I to suggest that the American War of Independence was fought for legal procedure, I would clearly overstate my case. But the precipitating causes of that war were, to a very significant degree, rooted in issues of legal procedure,… Continue Reading
Well Now That’s Interesting
Gee, why do you think she’s doing this?
The Third System Is Sometimes The Best
Public Defender Sarah makes an eminently reasonable observation about the prosecution of Lori Drew. The civil justice system is significantly more flexible than the criminal justice system, and for good reason. The downside to the civil courts is that Lori… Continue Reading
Asteroids
Hat tip to Shakesville: Universal has won a four-studio bidding war to pick up the film rights to the classic Atari video game “Asteroids.” Matthew Lopez will write the script for the feature adaptation, which will be produced by Lorenzo… Continue Reading
Why Religious People Should Stop Telling Omar Stories
I came across this story arising from near Portland, Oregon today and was moved to finally understand something I’ve read about and resisted in the past. [Fifteen-month-old] Ava Worthington died March 2, 2008, after her parents and other members of… Continue Reading
Jenny Sanford And Rush Limbaugh Blame Gay Marriage For Husband’s Infidelity
Wow. Straight out of South Carolina: “Of course I’m not saying that Mark is gay,” [Ms.] Sanford said, “but he may as well be. The moral decay in this country has claimed another victim and this time it was my… Continue Reading
Two Proposed Constitutional Amendments
While I’m very down on politics this morning, I’m not down at all on our Constitution, which I still think is a colossal monument to some of the best thinking about government that has ever been done. And one of… Continue Reading