Bush supporters, including some Republican presidential candidates, have been boasting lately that Bush's troop surge in Iraq last year is "working."  However, for several reasons, this claim is highly dubious.  First, there never were any clear goals stated for the surge, nor was any timetable ever given, so there actually is no…

In a previous post (here), I described how the god-of-the-Bible can be shown to be entirely the result of self-fulfilling expectations and how such expectations could be applied to any ordinary person to create the appearance that the person is a god; in other words, how you, too, could be…

In the Bible, Noah is said to have collected animals two by two, to fill the Ark and save them from the flood, so here's my question: how did he catch them? Oh, sure, catching a sloth might not be too tough, but how did Noah catch pairs of more…

Republican apologists for George Bush have been trying to justify his enormous disaster in Iraq by pointing out that no major terrorist attacks have occurred in the U.S. since 9/11. They assert, without proof, that Bush's invasion and occupation of Iraq (including his policies of rendition, torture, warrantless wiretaps, suspension…

This week, President Bush has said he will veto the proposed funding bill for child healthcare, known as "S-CHIP" legislation.  He claims the bill, which could cost as much as $50 billion (above the current baseline) over the next five years, is too expensive.  Meanwhile, despite overwhelming public opposition, Bush is also calling for…