Monthly Archives: May 2007

A creationism museum; what’s next, exhibiting Santa’s sleigh as a historical fact?

Or how about uncovering the Easter bunny’s first egg?  Despite having in it’s title the word “museum,” which is loosely accurate according to some scholars, the Creationism Museum’s literal meaning begs a verdict from the law of empiricism.
One glaring insufficiency proposed by this “museum” is to argue that humans existed at the same time in [...]

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Bush nominates war czar?

As commander-in-chief, the president’s primary responsibility is to manage the wars he gets us into. But it would seem Mr. Bush evidently hasn’t got the time in his schedule, so he’s pawning the job off on Lt. Gen. Doug Lute. If he keeps this up, the president will be out of a job. [...]

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Christopher Hitchens

On Friday’s WBUR “On Point” radio show, Christopher Hitchens gave wonderfully fascinating testimony to his reflection of life as he sees it. His riveting and well-read thesis is one many people have a difficult time accepting, albeit a thesis of which many agree makes useful, valid points.
His latest book, “god is not great.” subtitle [...]

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Iraqi Parliament planning a recess?

CNN reported a few days ago that the Iraqi parliament is considering a two-month recess…huh!? And if the president gets his way, he’ll keep letting our troops die, even if the parliament takes a vacation. This is simply unacceptable. How can we believe that any demonstrable progress is possible if the key [...]

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WTF!? Have we not seen enough brutality from the Los Angeles police?

Not three months ago, an officer from the LAPD was filmed repeatedly beating a citizen in the face. Last year, you may recall when, yet again, the LAPD was caught on camera tasering a UCLA student. And who can forget Rodney King and the eventual riots?
Today, members of the LAPD were again captured [...]

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