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Monthly Archives: July 2007
Assorted Comedies
On the one hand, the New York Times reports on a porn star becoming an Episcopalian priest Fr. Rod Fontana has a certain ring to it, no? (UPDATE: It turns out this story is false in almost all the interesting … Continue reading Continue reading
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Don’t Feed the Boars
You might think that the moral of a story coming out of Sweden would be “Don’t feed the trolls”, but, no: according to the Hallands Post there is a problem with the wild boars that are re-establishing themselves in the … Continue reading Continue reading
Hitchens being silly
Michael Gersen, the man who coined the phrase “Axis of Evil”, had an op-ed defending religion in the Washington Post. There is the nice irony that if his beliefs are correct, the consequences of his wicked act will be worse … Continue reading Continue reading
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Philip Kitcher on Darwin
I think I put up a post saying, briefly, that Philip Kitcher’s Living with Darwin was a very good short book. Here is an extract answering a question that has often puzzled me – and, incidentally, suggesting why Dennett’s book … Continue reading
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Reading from left to right
Blair, Bush, Brown — the San Francisco Chronicle captures the essence of our position. Continue reading
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Make yourself smarter
Listen to this documentary next Wednesday, on Neurogenesis. It’s what Louise and I were up to in the States in May. Continue reading
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Mistah Kurtz – he back – this time as farce!
I have had to read Sam Harris’ book "The End of Faith" for a project I am doing. My (then) publisher urged a proof copy on my in 2004, saying that I should see what was being said about religion. … Continue reading Continue reading
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In wholly unrelated news
The civil servant responsible for Swedish government policy on mobile phones is called Urban Landmark Continue reading
Jesus H F Christ
Good luck to the Wall Street Journal: here is the news from another part of Murdoch empire. Is there, really, any term for this propaganda but “fascist”? via Larry Moran Continue reading
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