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Where “The Secret” Ends
The Little Blue EngineBy Shel Silverstein, from Where the Sidewalk Ends The little blue engine looked up at the hill.His light was weak, his whistle was shrill.He was tired and small, and the hill was...
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This just in: Bush’s favorite song is “Rock the Casbah”
So, does anyone remember back in 2005, when one of the big news stories was that Bush was reading Albert Camus’s The Stranger while on vacation? At the time, I thought it was funny merely for the...
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Wonders of the world they wrote
So, the other night on a whim I read Ayn Rand’s Anthem. I’ve looked into Objectivism as a philosophy as a few times, though never with any particular understanding of its appeal to some people, but...
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I Ought to be a Woo: My Brain
This is the first post in what will probably be a long and rambling introspective series on how it’s a miracle* that I ended up as skeptical as I am. First up: how my brain works.Yesterday I was...
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The crazy train keeps a-rollin’
PZ, bless his heart, posted a bunch of the angry e-mails that Bill Donohue’s clueless masses sent his way following Crackergate. I haven’t been able to read through all of them (bring a sandwich and...
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On Interpretation
I thought I’d talked about this before on the blog, but apparently I’ve managed to go this long without really tackling the issue of interpretation. Consequently, you might notice some of the themes...
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More suffering
I was rereading this post tonight, when a thought occurred to me. The thought’s not going to mean much unless you go read the old post, so I’m putting it below the fold.Job suffered more than Jesus...
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The Bible is Not an Objective Moral Standard
Reading posts by Rhology have made me realize some of the problems involved in talking to people who believe their morals come from the Bible. There are several common refrains involved when arguing...
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The Future’s So Bright
I’ve been watching a lot of action movies lately, inspired in part by Don’s Manly Monday series. It started with “Team America: World Police” and “Die Hard with a Vengeance,” and so far I’ve worked my...
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Bigotry, Satire, and the Left
[CW: Racism] I used to be a big fan of “Family Guy.” I owned the first several seasons, and watched them repeatedly. I rejoiced when the show came back from its cancellation, even if the interim...
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