The 9/11 Memorial – Revisited
Cross-posted at JesusLovesBags.com Last December I wrote about my visit to the 9/11 Memorial in NYC and noted that the Security Theater on display was a perfect, though unintentional, symbol of how...
View ArticleRepost – Waving The Flag ≠ Patriotism
Re-posted from 2011 and cross-posted at JesusLovesBags.com Hanging a multicolored piece of fabric is not patriotism. If you think it is, you’re a pretentious rube. When you consider the impact 9/11...
View ArticleLibyan Attacks – Let’s Fight Violence with Science
Cross posted at JesusLovesBags.com By now, you’ve probably heard about the terrorist attacks on the US consulate in Libya where four Americans were killed in protest of an anti-Muslim film that was...
View ArticleFree Speech & Blasphemy
Cross posted at JesusLovesBags.com My last postwas about the appropriate response to terrorist attacks. Appropriate in the sense that the response would yield the most productive outcome for society....
View ArticleDebate Reform: iPads [Updated]
Cross Posted at JesusLovesBags.com [Update: Gawker has a story about debate conspiracy theories of covert communications, including one about Romney pulling out a cheat-sheet. My only objection to...
View ArticleAn Endorsement (if not a vote) for Jill Stein
Cross-posted at JesusLovesBags.com I know, the title is a bound to annoy people, but I’m still not sure who I will be voting for. Of course, it won’t be Romney, but I have been swayed over the past...
View ArticleKeep Your Politics to Yourself: A Guide to Facebook
Cross-posted at JesusLovesBags.com You know what kills me? When people put up political talk on Facebook. Seriously, what makes you think I’m interested in your political views? Here’s a clue. I’m...
View ArticleOn Pragmatism and Hope: Wingnuts Losing their Nuts?
Cross-posted at JesusLovesBags.com With President Obama’s re-election, the hard wall of reality has met the Republican party ideology head on as GOP leaders are rethinking their strategy in alienating...
View ArticleBill Gates Did Not Say That
Cross-posted at JesusLovesBags.com Over the past few days I’ve seen the revival of a quote attributed to Bill Gates giving a commencement speech to a high school. It seems that this trope has been...
View ArticlePenn Sate and Steubenville, OH – Not So Different
Cross-posted at JesusLovesBags.com The fallout from the Sandusky scandal and the ensuing Penn State coverup continues. Pennsylvania’s Governor, Tom Corbett, has filed suit against the NCAA claiming...
View ArticleVitamin C Megadosing & the Nobel Disease
Cross-posted at JesusLovesBags.com Anyone that has ever been to one knows that the gym locker room is a curious place as one often over-hears others’ conversations (not to mention the strange...
View ArticlePlease Remember That Funding Terrorists is Illegal…mmmk?
Cross-posted at JesusLovesBags.com When I saw the Salon.com headline NFL under scrutiny for “gay checking” – NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman told the NFL’s Roger Goodell to investigate, I was...
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