Twenty six centuries have lapsed since Anaximander suggested that rain is not sent by Zeus. Rather, it is water evaporated by the sun and carried by the wind. The battle to realize that the scientific method of representing knowledge and the science-minded mode of thinking is deeper, richer and better for us than any God, …
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Last summer, when Washington, DC was suffering through a spate of murders, the Christian Defense Coalition and its director, Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, responded by sponsoring “six days of around the clock prayer vigils under a large tent on the National Mall, from July 21 to July 26, asking God to reduce the crime rate …
In a book by Oliver James called Affluenza: How to be Successful and Stay Sane, the authorsays that people in the English-speaking world have a psychic void that they fill with material goods. He calls this Affluenza, a virus-like condition that encourages people to define themselves by how much money they make. We have moved …
Straws in the wind. We rent a flat in London to American academics running year or semester-long courses on subjects like English literature or the theatre for American university students. Until 9/11 these courses were usually full, but latterly the number of students has dropped drastically and at least by half. The reason given is …
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Sen. James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) , an ardent denier of almost anything discovered by scientists that might be uncomfortable for big business (unless it is "science" cooked up by Exxon), recently warned his public about the dangers of a children’s book written by environmental activist and “Inconvenient Truth” producer Laurie David. "Having failed for nearly three …
