From Allusions to Illusions
Parked in the parking lot outside (at work) is a Ford Aspire. Not so odd in and of itself, but it is decorated with those little magnetic poetry words. Probably 2-3 sets all over the vehicle. I was tempted to arrange a phrase but that seemed a bit odd besides, I was […]
Why People Believe Weird Things
by Michael Shermer, editor in chief of Skeptic magazine
I consider the perfect intellectual point to be the point where I need believe nothing. My atheism is simply the denial of others unfounded assertions.
We are flawed as any other people and sometimes wrap ourselves up in active denial for reasons of defense or attack. But I think a majority of us are […]
In response to http://boards.fool.com/Message.asp?mid=15645556
The Hebrews knew nothing about microbacterial disease, etc. They knew that certain things killed them. That is the what not the Why. Long term pathology isn’t a necessary piece of information all that needs to be known is those of us who live long lives don’t eat pork. […]
As nightfall does not come all at once, neither does oppression. In both
instances, there is a twilight. And it is in such twilight that we all must
be aware of change in the air - however slight - lest we become unwitting
victims of the darkness.
–Justice William O. Douglas, US Supreme Court
Don’t join the book burners. Don’t […]
It occurs to me that the lottery can be construed as a voluntary tax. I don’t mean that in the sense of the old line “… tax on people who are bad at math.” I mean much more directly. If a state runs a lottery they convince some number of people to buy […]
The pretense that religion is inevitably an ennobling experience stands in absurd denial of a harsh reality reported in daily headlines. A dangerous pretense, but one that politicians find all too useful.
– Robert Scheer, syndicated columnist, 8/21/2001
The Dragons of Tiananmen: Beijing as a Sacred City
Myths in Stone: Religious Dimensions of Washington, D.C.
by Jeffrey F. Meyer
Air conditioning broke Saturday night. I am not happy. I need to call a repair person today and try and set up a time when they can rescue my sorry sweltering self. I don’t know what this is going to cost me. I hope not to much. Doug says he […]
So Tues. I was at Philosophy on Tap and in a walked a woman I thought I recognized couldn’t place her for a bit, but eventually I did she was the reporter who covered the the wake after the first Motley Fool layoffs.
Some have held true animosity towards her ascribing epitaphs such as “emotion sucking […]
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