Blog Feed: A Rational Being

2007 SOTU By the Numbers

Published on 2007-01-27 14:19:00

Well, it's that time of year again. The Groundhog, er, um, President hascome out of his hole and told us what he wants us to think about the State ofour Union.Here are the numbers and my anaysis.Year200720062005200420032002Number of Words567154355185 > read more

Federal Way schools restrict Gore film

Published on 2007-01-12 05:52:00

So here we have one guy with a 2000 year old book going against more than 2000 scientists. What a F***ing idiot.Federal Way schools restrict Gore film > read more

On Faith: Sam Harris: God’s Enemies Are More Honest Than His Friends

Published on 2006-12-29 08:04:00

I know that I've only been posting Sam Harris stuff lately. Sorry. I'm quite busy starting up a business.Once again, however, Sam is his usual eloquent self.On Faith: Sam Harris: God’s Enemies Are More Honest Than His Friends > read more

10 myths—and 10 truths—about atheism :: Sam Harris

Published on 2006-12-24 08:18:00

10 myths—and 10 truths—about atheism :: Sam Harris > read more

Calvin and Hobbs: Opiate of the Masses

Published on 2006-12-07 07:02:00

One of my most favorite cartoons. Calvin and Hobbs on Marx and Religion. > read more

Beyond Belief 2006

Published on 2006-11-28 19:56:00

You might want to check out the videos from this confrence. The ones on the front page are short but the ones "inside" are quite long. You will see Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and a host of other well known scientists.Beyond Belief 2006 > read more

Why Are Atheists So Angry? A Debate with Dennis Prager :: Sam Harris

Published on 2006-11-26 09:37:00

Why Are Atheists So Angry? A Debate with Dennis Prager :: Sam Harris > read more

Sam Harris on Interfaith Dialog

Published on 2006-11-15 12:21:00

On Faith: Sam Harris: Faith Won't Heal a Divided WorldSam is part of a Newsweek/Washington Post blogging effort on religion.Looks quite interesting. > read more

Hypocrisy?

Published on 2006-11-10 11:55:00

If you have not had a chance to read Mr. Haggard's letter to his flock, check it out. I am a deceiver and a liar...These adjectives, are of course, true but we have all been deceivers and liars in our life. How many of us can say we have deceived and > read more

A New and Interesting Blog

Published on 2006-10-25 13:21:00

The Energy Miser a blog about the environment, ways to save electricity, and alternative energy. > read more

Unfutz has been busy

Published on 2005-02-28 08:18:00

Check out the pretty charts and related statistics on Unfutz. Telling stuff. Yes, yes I know we should not assume that the uneducated voted for Bush based on one chart, but I'd like to think so. :-)Actually some of my best friends are bush supporters and they are highly educated. I didn't say it was a good education, they just got lots of it. :-)The most telling statistic for me is the population vs acreage vote. Clearly the high- density areas of the country voted Kerry and the low-density area [..] > read more

Whitman on Fresh Air

Published on 2005-01-28 02:04:00

Christie Todd Whitman was interviewed by Terry Gross (Fresh Air, NPR). You can listen to the complete interview here. It's nice to hear a voice of reason from the Right. "Social Fundamentalist" is a term she's coined (Google found no other reference that conveyed the same meaning so I'm giving her the credit.) in her book It's My Party Too.... It is a good label for the Rick Santorums of the world.I figure the least we can do as good liberals is support Republicans that speak against the theocra [..] > read more

Tsunami and The Earth System

Published on 2004-12-30 02:03:00

It's been hard thinking about the earthquake victims. While I won't go so far as to call the earth a living being (others do however), I do believe that the earth system is in a delicate balance and that humans with their actions can, and have upset that balance.For example did global warming contribute in some way to the recent tragedy in the Indian Ocean? Some of the variables like sea level, polar icecap mass, and global temperature work together (are tightly coupled). Change one, and the oth [..] > read more