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Entertainment/culture Music

Mourn today, Sinatra fans…

Here’s the reason why: An atrocity is unleashed today. The Chairman is rolling over in his grave. Hell, he’s probably doing backflips. I’m guessing that they’re lowering the flags to half mast in Hoboken as we speak.

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Medicine Quackery

Battling quackery in “conventional” medicine

Grant crunch time again yesterday. That means it’s the perfect time once again to dig up something from the archives of old blog and repost it here. This particular piece originally appeared on January 12, 2005, just shy of one month after I started blogging. I’m guessing once again that, because not many people were […]

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Intelligent design/creationism Skepticism/critical thinking

Accept no substitutes for Skeptico

Yikes. Grant crunch time or no grant crunch time, I couldn’t let this pass. This week’s host of the Skeptics’ Circle, Skeptico, has been one of my favorite skeptical bloggers for a long time now. As a measure of how good he is, he now has a doppleganger blog. Damn, I’m a bit envious. No […]

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Evolution History Holocaust Holocaust denial Intelligent design/creationism Science Skepticism/critical thinking

Intelligent design activists make hay out of the Larry Darby case

Geez, who could have seen this one coming? Straight from the Discovery Institute’s blog regarding atheist and Holocaust denier Larry Darby in reference to his activities against ID in Alabama, Casey Luskin bloviates: An outspoken opponent of the bill has been activist Larry Darby. Mr. Darby’s vehement opposition to the Alabama Academic Freedom Bill was […]

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Religion Science fiction/fantasy

I never liked those novels anyway…

First bad science fiction leads to a cult (Scientology), and now bad epic fantasy follows suit. Back when I was high school and college, like many that age, I was very fond of epic fantasy. But even I didn’t like the Gor novels. How anyone could emulate them so seriously is beyond me.