June 2007

What do Al Gore and Martin Heidegger have in common?

June 3, 2007 @ 10:43 pm

More than you might think. If you are even a little bit philosophically inclined, take a gander at this essay: The Fate of the Earth in the Balance:The Metaphysics of Climate Changeby Steven F. Hayward Here’s the abstract: A close reading of Al Gore’s views on the linkages between environmental issues and broader social and [...]

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Family Guy vs. The Freakin' FCC

June 1, 2007 @ 9:43 pm

Or watch it directly on YouTube.

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Sci-fi Writers Join War on Terror

June 1, 2007 @ 3:37 pm

So says an article today in USA Today. Sad…to see writers of the future serving an organization that helps to insure it will be less free, more violent, and poorer. Here’s the intro paragraph: Looking to prevent the next terrorist attack, the Homeland Security Department is tapping into the wild imaginations of a group of [...]

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Yet More Environmental Hypocrisy: Follow the Money

June 1, 2007 @ 2:15 pm

If you’ve ever debated an environmentalist, it probably didn’t take him long to dismiss your sources on the grounds (with or without actual evidence) that they are (partially or wholly) funded by the fossil fuel industry. Perhaps he even linked to ExxonSecrets, SourceWatch, or Media Mouse. Often these leftist-environmentalist sites are misleading, neglecting to offer [...]

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The East Side Debate: Global Warming Is Not a Crisis

June 1, 2007 @ 12:34 pm

You may have heard that there was a debate held relatively recently (March 14, 2007) between skeptics and alarmists on whether global warming is a crisis. The audience was polled before and after the debate. The alarmists when into the debate with an almost 2 to 1 edge, more of the audience thinking global warming [...]

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