Empty Anti-Government Rhetoric

Empty Anti-Government Rhetoric

In today's political hotbed of ideological divisions there seems to be no end to the catch phrases that are used to convey some sentiment regarding the evils of government.  A popular bumper-…
Reporting as science

Reporting as science

Call it contrarian stubborness, but I believe there remains that print journalism a critical aspect of American society. That said, what's journalism? Matt Bowden, in the October issue of The…
Policy Experts Face Off Over Poverty Eradication

Policy Experts Face Off Over Poverty Eradication

Many politicians see government welfare as the best way to address the problem of poverty in society. President Barack Obama, for example, recently promised to halve poverty within ten years, and his…
Lunchtime Science Quote

Lunchtime Science Quote

No fact in the long history of the world is so startling as the wide and repeated extermination of its inhabitants. - Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle Read the feed:
An Animal Cruelty Rant

An Animal Cruelty Rant

A story in the local newspaper related how a pit bull was turned into the animal shelter after having been found abandoned in a ditch with all of its teeth filed down to the exposed roots, emaciated…
Attacking for the sake of it

Attacking for the sake of it

I wish to report here the moves of a game of chess I played on the Internet Chess Club a moment ago, against a similarly rated opponent. This was a 5' game -all your moves have to be done in five…
The Concept Of Fairness

The Concept Of Fairness

I recently read, in one of the posts, the following statement. "Evolution is not fair, economics is not fair." http://www.science20.com/news_articles/chemical_engineer_solves_capitalism_problem I'm…