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American Conservative Union’s Ties to Muslim Brotherhood

February 15, 2014

Years ago, former Reagan official Frank Gaffney (now founder and president of the Center for Security Policy) charged conservative activist/strategist Grover Norquist with having ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. The charges were “investigated” by the American Conservative Union and Norquist was finally cleared in 2011. Now, it appears that Gaffney is being vindicated. A 45-page […]

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Security Concerns for U.S. Power Grid

February 9, 2014

We all know about the Boston Marathon terror attack on April 15, 2013. Two Chechen brothers with Islamist beliefs set off two bombs near the finish line, killing 3 people and wounding at least another 264. What most people don’t realize (and I didn’t until recently) is that that wasn’t the only attack. Less than […]

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Quasi-Postmortem on Nye vs. Ham Debate

February 6, 2014

The debate is over, and the contestants and their audience have all gone home. But, of course, the debate still rages on, especially on the “interwebs”. I have been reading various comments by people who watched it. There are the devoted naturalists/evolutionists who are sure that Bill Nye “won”, maybe even kicked butt. There are […]

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A Bridgegate Too Far?

February 2, 2014

Evidently, there seems to be a lack of evidence for the supposed evidence proving New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s guilt in the Bridgegate scandal. (Note: For purposes of this article, I am lumping all recent Christie-related allegations under the “Bridgegate” banner.) I have been disappointed in Gov. Christie for awhile, now. I was warming up […]

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And, Now, for Something Completely Different….

January 29, 2014

Announcement! Announcement! Announcement! OK, the news isn’t really all that fantastic, nor is it super or amazing. It certainly isn’t incredible or even uncanny. Some of you may think it’s just ho-hum. But, I have decided to occasionally post about something totally unrelated to the major subjects of this blog — namely, sci-fi/fantasy and action/adventure. […]

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Bill Nye vs. Ken Ham: Battle for the Ages?

January 26, 2014

Ain’t nothin’ like a good debate about a controversial issue! In case it has not already come to your attention, Bill Nye “the Science Guy” and Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis (a young-Earth creationist ministry) will be having a public debate this February 4th, just a few days from now. According to the press […]

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Informal Logic 101: How to Think and Argue Better, Part 10

January 19, 2014

Part 10: Scarecrows, Decoys, and Invisible Elephants We get three lessons today, boys and girls, as we head into the home stretch for this series (sort of)! Straw Man Everyone has heard of this one. You don’t have to be involved in debates and discussions on controversial topics for long before someone accuses someone else […]

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Joe vs. Jose: An Illustration

January 15, 2014

Those of us interested in such things sometimes talk about the negative consequences of allowing illegal immigration, but it isn’t always easy to articulate the problem. People need to understand how it might affect them directly. If they can understand how the system currently gives unfair advantages to the illegal immigrant over the legal resident […]

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Water, Water Everywhere…

January 12, 2014

“Water is the driving force in nature.”  — Leonardo da Vinci We often hear claims that the human body is “mostly water”, even as high as 90%. But the truth is a bit more modest. According to Dr. Anne Marie Helmenstine,  “The average adult human body is 50-65% water, averaging around 57-60%. The percentage of […]

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ACLU Targets “Creationist” Archery Program

January 5, 2014

Did you see this? Even if you read the same stuff I do, you may have missed it last month amongst all the holiday prep and the Obamacare/Healthcare.gov mess. It seems the anti-religionists at the ACLU have found another target for their “righteous” wrath: a church-run archery class. The controversy began when a reporter for […]

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