How are blackbirds like a lava lamp?
Here's how. This is mesmerizing. I'm never seen a flock this big or this active in person.
Suspicious death of IT expert who was apparently ready to tell the whole truth in 2004 Ohio vote fraud case.
From Democracy Now: A top Republican internet strategist who was set to testify in a case alleging election tampering in 2004 in Ohio has died in a plane crash. Mike Connell was the chief IT consultant to Karl Rove and created websites for the Bush and McCain electoral campaigns. He…
R.I.P. IDEA
It would seem according to this report that University and College presence of Intelligent Design is on its deathbed. Perhaps this is premature, but if true it would signal that the basic inability of ID to support its own conclusions are now becoming evident to all but the thoroughly committed.…
How marriage has changed
You'll often hear from conservatives that marriage "hasn't changed" for centuries or millenia. Not true. Take a look at this Wikipedia summary of some of the many changes occurring only in the United States only over the past 200 years.
What is a human “body”?
In his 2008 book, The Meaning of the Body: Aesthetics of Human Understanding, philosopher Mark Johnson makes a strong argument that "meaning is grounded in the body" (p. 274). That assertion, however, invites the question: "What is a human "body"? Johnson implores us to not slip into mind/body dualism. He…