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Some Sunny Day
This link shows the closing scene of Dr. Strangelove. Why are atomic bomb blasts so fascinating to watch? Of course, the movie was a satire. But when you see the next one, it becomes much more...
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The Veneer of Civilization
It is easy to be lulled into the notion that the USA has reached a transcendent state of modernism; a place where people have come to adopt pluralism and tolerance. When you drive along the highways...
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Sacred Cows Make the Best Hamburgers
I suppose I have lost more frequently than I have won in my lifelong avocation of taking on sacred cows in the battle of wits. But, truly, sacred cows make the very best hamburgers. Pass the A1 …...
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Dawkins: Speaking the Ineffable
Warning!! The following text contains links and declarative statements that may cause chafing or philosophical infarct. The Richard Dawkins BBC programs “The Root of All Evil, Part 1 and Part 2“, are...
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Romney Fires Ejection Seat
Just when I was getting used to the possibility of an epic Mormon Migration to the District of Columbia, Mitt Romney bails from the flaming cockpit of his campaign. At least for the next cycle, we will...
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Farewell George Carlin
June 22, 2008, Santa Monica, California. Comedian and satirist George Carlin died sunday evening after checking into a Santa Monica hospital complaining of chest pains. He was 71. Carlin was a...
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Wherein Th’ Gaussling presumes to take exception
Some matters to which I wish to take exception. Cray, the supercomputer company, is selling a desktop unit called the CX1. Their product literature uses the term “personal supercomputing” here and...
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Our Family Atheist and the Religious ToE
So it turns out that I am the family atheist and liberal. The social awkwardness and philosophical incompatibility of this condition was evident the other day in a discussion with a family member that...
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Gaussling’s 15th Epistle to the Bohemians. Thoughts of a Secularist Liberal...
If you knew me personally, you’d know that as a reductionist my profile can be reduced to that of a liberal atheist scientist with marginally good manners. I broke the shackles of magical thinking in...
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