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History Politics

Iraq war = American Civil War? Election 2006 = election 1864? Bush = Lincoln? To some it’s all the same.

I was sitting in my office around 7:45 AM yesterday morning, going through my messages and mail in preparation for a long day of animal protocol and grant writing interspersed with meetings, the radio playing in the background. It was Curtis and Kuby, the usual talking heads show with a conservative paired with a liberal […]

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Humor Politics Science fiction/fantasy

On Election Day…the last negative campaign ad you need to see until 2008

I voted a couple hours ago, and polls have just closed in my part of the country. All over the eastern part of the U.S., the counting of the votes is shifting into high gear. This election year saw some truly disgusting negative ads all over the country. Too bad none of them were like […]

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Entertainment/culture Music Politics

Election Day!

The polls are now open where I live. Don’t forget to get out there and vote! Too bad we don’t have a candidate like the one in the video to vote for. At least he’s honest. Heck, if any candidate ran a campaign like the one in the video above, I might even vote for […]

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Politics Religion

Blaming Haggard’s wife for his going gay

OK, I wasn’t planning on writing on the whole Haggard imbroglio again. (Famous last words, eh?) Then, via Andrew Sullivan, I came across this little post by a blogging evangelical pastor from Seattle named Mark Driscoll: Most pastors I know do not have satisfying, free, sexual conversations and liberties with their wives. At the risk […]

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Announcements Politics Skepticism/critical thinking

Chris Mooney on Point of Inquiry

Fellow ScienceBlogger and author of The Republican War on Science Chris Mooney was interviewed for one of my favorite podcasts, Point of Inquiry, the official podcast for The Center for Inquiry, this week. It’s well worth checking out. I don’t agree with everything in Mooney’s book (which I finally finished reading about a month ago), […]