At this Cape Cod history and genealogy page, you can find a collection of hundreds of quotes regarding superstition and reason. I had not seen many of these quotes before. Here's a sampling: A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. - Winston Churchill You…
According to a National Intelligence Estimate completed in April the U.S. occupation of Iraq is the leading inspiration for new Islamic extremist networks and cells that are united by little more than an anti-Western agenda. Rather than contributing to eventual victory in the global counterterrorism struggle, it concludes that the…
Absolutely, according to this article in Popular Mechanics. Would Americans buy such a car, if available? That’s an entirely separate question, according to the article. BTW, Smart already sells a 60 mpg vehicle. That's the desiel version, though. The gas version gets you only 40 mph. Here are stats on…
Check out this extraordinary transcript posted at Think Progress. Chris Wallace tried to set up Bill Clinton, but gets more than he knows how to deal with. Clinton puts on a clinic: how to deal with the underhanded “swift boat” style tactics of FOX. Here’s a sampling. FOX had promised…
According to the website of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, the collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991 “left the Russian Federation with the bulk of the massive Soviet weapons of mass destruction complex.” The U.S. is about to start consciously disregarding this immense threat, however. The September 15, 2006…