Rick Santorum seems to be determined to match Herman Cain in creating apocalyptic visions of what a second term for president Obama would look like that are close to self-parodies.
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Mar 01 2012
Ghastly consequence of belief in the supernatural
Two people in England have been convicted of the murder of a teenage relative whom they believed to be using witchcraft, and who drowned in a bath during a forced exorcism. The story of the boy’s final hours was so ghastly
Feb 27 2012
Update on the ‘Zombie Mohammed’ case
Jonathan Turley has posted an update based on a statement reportedly made by the judge that challenges some of the facts reported in the original story about the assault on
Feb 02 2012
The Daily Show on private equity companies
A few days ago, I wrote about how private equity companies like Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital worked. Jon Stewart adds to that story. The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook To get hints on how to view clips on The Daily Show and …
Jan 27 2012
Maybe I’m paying too much attention to politics
There is a downside to following politics too closely in that it can cause you to misjudge the impact of a news story on the general public. Take the case of Mitt Romney’s taxes. It has been known for a long time amongst the cognoscenti that not only was he wealthy but that his income …
Jan 16 2012
My archives are here!
The archives of my thousands of posts since 2005 that used to be at my old site have been copied over here, so that they are now available at both places. Because of the size and other complications, the work was tedious and time consuming and I want to acknowledge my deep gratitude to Jason …
Jan 10 2012
Big bang cosmology and using the old archives
One commenter to my previous post wondered if I could write about the Big Bang model, dark matter, dark energy, and so on in a manner accessible to the lay reader. This raises an interesting issue of what to do about the posts that I wrote before I moved here and which are currently archived …
Jan 10 2012
Comments policy and other housekeeping issues
I have chosen as my comment policy that the first comment by someone has to be approved by me but once approved that person will be able to post comments freely. I will try to check frequently and apologize in advance if work and other pressures result in delays and your first comment not appearing …
Jan 09 2012
Glad to be here
I’d like to thank Ed Brayton and the rest of the people at Freethought Blogs for inviting me to join them. I am not new to blogging, however, having done it for nearly seven years over at my old site which contains the archive of old posts that I hope to copy over here in …
Jan 06 2012
My brain is already falling apart
A new study says that people start losing their brain powers as early as 45 years of age. The results of the tests show that cognitive scores declined in all categories except vocabulary – and there was a faster decline in older people. The study found a 9.6% decline in mental reasoning in men aged …
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