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Huh? A "new species of shark" with

Posted on September 24, 2009
Huh? A "new species of shark" with "forehead genitalia"?Sounds like a joke, but this site claims: New species are not just discovered in exotic locales -- even places as urban as California still yield discoveries of new plants and animals. Academy scientists recently named a new species of chimaera, an ancient and bizarre group of fishes distantly related to sharks, from the coast of Southern

A plan for studyFrom the Maverick

Posted on September 23, 2009
A plan for studyFrom the Maverick Philosopher.

The dating lifeAn study in Indiana

Posted on September 22, 2009
The dating lifeAn study in Indiana established that 40% of rape charges were false accusations. Not unsubstantiated, false.A study of rape allegations in Indiana over a nine-year period revealed that over 40% were shown to be false ? not merely unproven...

James Fennimore Cooper's Literary

Posted on September 21, 2009
James Fennimore Cooper's Literary MistakesThis article collects "Dan Brown's 20 Worst Sentences" so you don't have to.Only 20?Some examples:17. Deception Point, chapter 8: Overhanging her precarious body was a jaundiced face whose skin resembled a sheet of parchment paper punctured by two emotionless eyes...

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The Reading LifeHere is a site

Posted on September 21, 2009
The Reading LifeHere is a site with "in-depth author interviews."

Stifling DissentMichael Barone

Posted on September 21, 2009
Stifling DissentMichael Barone explains the Left's need to stifle dissent:I would submit that the president's call for an end to "bickering" and the charges of racism by some of his supporters are the natural reflex of people who are not used to hearing people disagree with them and who are determined to shut them up...

Great Moments in MediaRight up

Posted on September 19, 2009
Great Moments in MediaRight up there with my favorite feature in National Lampoon - "English Aristocrats getting hurt," which features pictures of English Aristocrats falling off their horses in polo and foxhunting events - is this clip of Wolf Blitzer tanking on Jeopardy:If these people aren't knowledgeable about the kind of trivia that makes up the World, what are they good for?

The Irony of ProjectionMegan McCardle

Posted on September 18, 2009
The Irony of ProjectionMegan McCardle follows up on her "fundamentalist" reading of Limbaugh with this:I know, I know--I'm a humorless west coast liberal who doesn't get an obvious joke. No offense, but Limbaugh's listeners are not known for their ability to appreciate maybe-sort-of-satire...

What really matters.NPR writes:Through

Posted on September 17, 2009
What really matters.NPR writes:Through the eyes of the H1N1 virus, a Catholic church is a playground. The font of holy water near the church entrance is a great place for the virus to leap from one person to another. The passing of the peace, during which parishioners shake hands, is yet another favorite place for the virus...

The Return of Jimmy CarterAh, the

Posted on September 17, 2009
The Return of Jimmy CarterAh, the late 70's. A time of appeasing our enemies and throwing our allies under the bus.Good times, good times.Obama is poised to kill European missile defense.Terrific. All we got out of Carter was Iran for the next 30 years.

Photo-fakery at the TimesPhotographer

Posted on September 17, 2009
Photo-fakery at the TimesPhotographer accuses Time magazine of cropping his photo to demean Cheney:The Sept. 14th Newsweek cover line ? ?Is Your Baby Racist?? ? should have included a sub-head, ?Is Dick Cheney a Butcher?? Featured inside the magazine was a full-page, stand-alone picture of former Vice President Dick Cheney, knife in hand, leaning over a bloody carving board...

An Honest Conversation about Race.Rush

Posted on September 17, 2009
An Honest Conversation about Race.Rush Limbaugh is getting beat up by conservatives and libertarians like Rod Dreher and Megan McCardle for a Swiftian satirical bit linking the story of the white kid who was bit up on a bus by two black kids to Kanye West's bullying behavior to Newsweek's lead story on how white's are racist to the Democrat's who have decided that any opposition to Obama is

Even the fake journalists are offended

Posted on September 16, 2009
Even the fake journalists are offended that they were scooped.The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cThe Audacity of Hoswww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorHealthcare Protests

Cool Internet StuffCheck out the

Posted on September 15, 2009
Cool Internet StuffCheck out the reconstruction of the Bay Bridge with moveable cams.

Holding PaperPro-life activist

Posted on September 14, 2009
Holding PaperPro-life activist Jim Pouillon was murdered because the killer was offended by Pouillon's pro-life message.The murderer sounds like a kook. He apparently killed a businessman because of some perceived grievance and had plans to kill another person before he was arrested...

Calvinism on Natural Law.Lots of

Posted on September 14, 2009
Calvinism on Natural Law.Lots of links to "Two Kingdom Theory."

Economic IndicatorsThe "Ghost Fleet,"

Posted on September 14, 2009
Economic IndicatorsThe "Ghost Fleet," parked near Singapore, is still there.And there are indications that ship construction might go into cessation in 2011.

Not "the best medicine in the world"

Posted on September 14, 2009
Not "the best medicine in the world" once Obama gets ahold of itObama proposes to tax medical innovations.

Women's OrdinationClerical Whispers

Posted on September 13, 2009
Women's OrdinationClerical Whispers has this interesting post about how a United Church of Christ minister apologized for UCC participation in a so-called ordination of women to the Catholic priesthood:Rev. David Runnion-Bareford, Executive Director of the Confessing Movement in the United Church of Christ, responded to the situation by sending an open letter to Boston area Catholics via Cardinal

Media MalpracticePoor NY Times

Posted on September 13, 2009
Media MalpracticePoor NY Times readers woke up last week without a clue that Obama had appointed America's first Communist Czar, or why he had resigned. The NYT's explanation is that they were short-staffed before the Labor Day weekend.*Snort*Here is a NY Post op-ed on the NYT's failure:?This is not an excuse,? the managing editor of The New York Times said after offering the following excuse

Slouching towards GomorrahBody

Posted on September 12, 2009
Slouching towards GomorrahBody Worlds plans cadaver show dedicated to sex.No, there's nothing wrong with secular culture. Nothing at all.From the article:The way a plastinate is exhibited can vary from country to country to reflect local sensibilities...

We are all Georgians now.Fossils

Posted on September 11, 2009
We are all Georgians now.Fossils of early hominids found outside Tbilisi.Apparently, this might raise questions about the dating of the "Out of Africa" theory.

Holding Paper.The Wintery Knight

Posted on September 11, 2009
Holding Paper.The Wintery Knight has the videos of an ACORN employee giving advice on how to run a white-slaving, pedophile whorehouse in compliance with Federal tax laws.And as an added bonus, at the same site, you will find Bill O'Reilly's interview with Planned Parenthood on how PP enables child abuse...

The Ruling Class"This is my Townhall

Posted on September 11, 2009
The Ruling Class"This is my Townhall meeting for you."Say, what?Meeting with elected officials isn't a privilege. That's the kind of thinking found in an aristocracy, where the hoi polloi is graced with the presence of the better sort.

The Unmoved MoverHere is an excellent

Posted on September 10, 2009
The Unmoved MoverHere is an excellent discussion of Aquinas' "First Way" proof of God - the argument from motion:The Argument from Motion is based on the observation that all change involves the transition from possibility ("potency") to actuality ("act")...

The Divorce CultureMark Shea links

Posted on September 10, 2009
The Divorce CultureMark Shea links to this article on the "evolution of divorce." After pointing out Ronald Reagan's contribution to "no fault" divorce, the article makes a lot of interesting points:But the psychological revolution's focus on individual fulfillment and personal growth changed all that...

The Spirit of EcumenismPatrick

Posted on September 10, 2009
The Spirit of EcumenismPatrick Sean O'Hannigan has a post on what's right/wrong with Catholicism, which he posted in response to a friend's post on what's right/wrong with Evangelicalism. I like this series of observations by Father Longenecker:While we're on the subject, this series of six posts ("What I Love About the Catholic Church") from Fr...

Pot meet Kettle.Democrats booed

Posted on September 10, 2009
Pot meet Kettle.Democrats booed Bush during 2005 State of the Union speech.There are two possible results of the phenomenon of Republicans acting as poorly as Democrats. One result is that it all gets worse, in a race to the bottom. The other may be that the Democrats will see that they don't have a monopoly on disruption and uncivil behavior, that those tactics can be turned on them, and,

From the "Remember When?" fileDemocrats

Posted on September 09, 2009
From the "Remember When?" fileDemocrats held hearings on George H.W. Bush's speech to students.

Say what?New York Times columnist

Posted on September 09, 2009
Say what?New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman says that democracy can be worse than autocracy. According to Friedman, it depends on whether the autocracy is "enlightened," which in practical terms means that it agrees with Thomas L. Friedman. Friedman observes:One-party autocracy certainly has its drawbacks...

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