For good clean fun at home, every time you see someone on tv screaming about the community center calling it a “SUPER TERROR MOSQUE,” mentally exchange the word “mosque” with the word “synagogue” to recognize just how differently this debate would be were we not in the grips of demonizing Islam. The only way to get [...]
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How did I get to be a grandpa without ever [...] As sent on the contact form on their website: I write in hopes that the ADL will re-think its position on the Park51 project in Manhattan. It troubles and saddens me to think that the ADL, which I have long held in the highest esteem, refuses to take an unequivocal position against the anti-Islamic bigotry surrounding this [...] … “On Sept. 11, 2001, thousands of first responders heroically rushed to the scene and saved tens of thousands of lives. More than 400 of those first responders did not make it out alive. In rushing into those burning buildings, not one of them asked, ‘What God do you pray to?’ (Bloomberg’s voice cracks here a little [...] Spotted linked numerous times around the interwebs in the last 24 hours: How Facts Backfire. Not news to me. Moves the needle on my old nihilism gauge, though. I increasingly find myself wondering how is the proper way to live in a world where knowledge is strongly devalued. I’d be inclined to grow a beard [...] Now wouldn’t be a bad time for one. I know they’re terrorists, but they’re our terrorist. And that’s the definition of true romance. But the money quote is here: That aside, here’s the neocon logic, as best I can explain: When a reporter acknowledges the passing of a revered, if controversial figure in a way that [...] No one got shot, but this got a lot of attention around town yesterday, and it’s almost as [...] A good friend is doing it. So are a couple of acquaintances. But me, I wouldn’t do census work. As Doug points out, this is not about following the lead of Erick Erickson , himself as far as we know a chicken hawk in the global war against part-time [...] Did I mention that these things pile up? Fast? No room to catch up all the boogers since a week ago, but some favorites follow: Synthetic Genome+Natural Cell=New Life? | The Loom | Discover Magazine from blogs.discovermagazine.com (Answer: not really… but an interesting release nonetheless. And complete with a bunch of good links to Zimmer’s fantastic writing on [...] These things pile up super quick. Outrageous Outrage of the Day! This is a case in point on the politics makes you dumb front. NYU Students Raise More than $100,000 to Build Facebook… Via someone I follow on Google Reader. There’s a high probability I will dump Facebook for the new platform if it pans out [...] |
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