CNN.com – Is U.S. becoming hostile to science? – Oct 28, 2005 This is heartbreakingly sad, and pathetic. America is becoming such a laughingstock of the world, and I’m becoming embarassed to be associated as American. [Cornell University acting President Hunter] Rawlings said the dispute was widening political, social, religious and philosophical rifts in U.S. [...]
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Students launch satellite into space
CNN.com – Students launch satellite into space – Oct 27, 2005 First the X-Prize, now this… it’s not much longer before true commercial space flight becomes a reality! Possibly in the next 20 years. Unfortunately, it will still be, in my lifetime, too expensive and exclusive for me to ever have a chance at leaving [...]
READ MORE »Criminalization of Christianity? Are you kidding me?
My wife watches some evangelical morning show before work, I forget the name of it or the host. But they have guests on constantly hawking their new book or tape series. This morning was Janet Folger, author of “The Criminalization of Christianity : Read This Book Before It Becomes Illegal!” That has got to be [...]
READ MORE »The ID/Evolution War Skeptically Inquired
Something to check out: This except is from an e-mail list I’m on for “The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal.” In this one they announce the subject of the latest “Skeptical Inquirer” magazine: “ ‘Evolution and the ID Wars’: Skeptical Inquirer Weighs in on Latest Debates over Evolution.” We devote [...]
READ MORE »‘Cheeseburger bill’ puts bite on lawsuits
CNN.com – ‘Cheeseburger bill’�puts bite on lawsuits – Oct 20, 2005 Finally! Politicians do something right. Ironic that they agree issues of personal responsibility doesn’t belong in the court, but they will make huge shows of political grandstanding to keep alive an undead woman (Shiavo) against the will of her husband, her doctors, and every [...]
READ MORE »‘Keep your facts — I’m going with the truth’
The title of the blog comes from Stephen Colbert in explanation of his new comedy news show’s motto. Reading that prompted me to talk about the idea of “truth” and whether truth is possible ignoring facts. Isn’t that kind of self-contradictory? How can you have “truth” when facts prove otherwise? There’s a debate on “truth” [...]
READ MORE »Mind Blowing Big Bang Developments
Wow. I learned some things this weekend that are absolutely mind-boggling. First let me ask you to describe in one or two sentences what the “Big Bang” was. If you say something like “In the beginning, everything in the universe was compressed into one little spot and then it exploded out it a great bang, [...]
READ MORE »On Writing
Apologies to Stephen King for using his title. Great book, by the way: “On Writing.” Highly recommended to any aspiring writer, or King fan. Anyway, today’s blog is about writing, particularly mine. *grin* First I want to announce the fixing of my blog site for Internet Explorer! Huzzah! With the help of some usenet advice [...]
READ MORE »Life From The Dust
An interesting episode of Nova coming up regarding Artificial Life, and our coming very close to creating life: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3214/01.html An interview with Fracis Collins, the head of the Human Genome Project, regarding the human ability to create life from “nothing.” http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3214/01-collins.html Here is an excerpt from the interview that addresses the place of God in [...]
READ MORE »The Crime of “Unauthorized Reproduction”
(First, yes, the main blog page still is messed up in Internet Explorer. I’m still working on that.) The Crime of “Unauthorized Reproduction” This bill probably won’t become a law. Likely won’t become a law. A LOT of wachked out bills and resolutions get written that don’t become laws. This will hopefully be one of [...]
READ MORE »Domestic Military Police Action – One Giant Step Closer
(First, yes, the main blog page still is messed up in Internet Explorer. I’m still working on that.) Bush calls for military role in epidemic outbreak: http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/05/bush.reax/index.html Bush began discussing the possibility of changing the law banning the military from participating in police-type activity last month, in the aftermath of the government’s sluggish response to [...]
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