I’m reminded over and over again how maddeningly unproductive arguments become when the participants throw around unsubstantiated claims and figures. It seems like this is happening more and more in a fast-paced society where no one has the time to dig into the details of an issue. I’m as guilty as the next [...]
Yesterday’s inauguration was about more than Obama’s presidency. The country came together to close the door on years of political partisanship, and to remind ourselves once again that it is the American people that make the country great. It is the joining together of individuals from all over the country and from diverse backgrounds and [...]
Including the recent $700 billion bailout of the financial industry and $100 billion dollors for Fannie and Freddie, the US has now dug deep enough into the hole to necessitate an extra digit on Times Square’s National Debt Clock. Rolling over to above 10,000,000,000 dollars, over the weekend, the first digit previously used for the [...]
Okay, before taking this the wrong way, hear me out.
For so long, gas prices in the US have been exceptionally low, kept down by government subsidies and protection of oil interests. Check out this table comparing prices around the world. We’ve been lucky to get along with such cheap fuel costs but when things get [...]
I reformat occasionally to clean out all the built up junk and speed things up. The process of backing things up and getting them all set up again takes awhile. Every time I find myself worried that I will forgot something important and discover it only after I’ve hit the “Format Disk” button [...]
The past several months have brought a clear Republican Party nominee and recently, a more and more decided democratic nominee. I’ve discovered that, for the first time in my politically aware consciousness, I will not be absolutely disappointed by either party’s candidate.
John McCain spoke yesterday afternoon on issues of foreign policy: Remarks Transcript
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The vast majority of the American public is ignorant to the government process and the decisions made by its governing body. These decisions affect nearly every aspect of public and even private life and yet it’s reality television, co-worker drama and scandal that people care about, whilst the important stuff goes on by. For instance, [...]
New York Times: Bush Says Iran Still a Danger Despite Weapons Report
This headline is way too familiar. Try changing one letter and you’re back 4 years ago debating the exact same issue. Intelligence agencies released the following long-awaited report on the nuclear capacities of Iran, finding that they stopped weapons development in [...]
Check out these two articles in that order. It’s amazing what people can do to science.
Junk Science: Hey Al Gore, We Want a Refund!
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An ‘error’ is not the same thing as an error
London Justice Burton heard a case regarding the problems with presenting Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth to classrooms across the UK. [...]
