At Daylight Atheism, Ebonmuse puts Rand's theory of objectivism under a bright analytical light and finds it wanting: Since Objectivists reject all notions of a social safety net, it's natural to ask what would happen to the poor and needy in an Objectivist society. This is Ayn Rand's answer: "If…
Where are all the historical accounts of all of those dead people who climbed out of their graves and mingled with normal living people on Good Friday? There's only one plausible answer. There are no such historical accounts because the Bible is incorrect. Formerly dead people never crawled out of…
I've sometimes wondered this, and this article in Discover Magazine presents the answer. Four percent of men are raising another man's child: From the clinics to the courts, routine DNA tests uncover genetic identities—and even family secrets. British public-health researchers examined nearly 50 years of medical data from around the…
Here's R.J.Eskow's story about how Hillary Clinton is so incredibly brave, or maybe not: If you're Hillary Clinton and you've just been caught in a "whopper," the only thing to be grateful for is that it's Good Friday and people are distracted. How bad could this story be for her?…
This Discover article ("20 Things You Didn't Know About Sex") will provide you with ample (scientific) information to make you the center of attention at the next party you attend.