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When pressed by my peers to give a precise explanation of my political leanings, I usually find myself at a loss. I’m part libertarian, but I have a strong charitable streak and a modicum of faith in public education systems. Somewhere deeper down, though, I don’t think that the problems we face today [...]

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In response to a few comments on my blog regarding the current state of global warming, I thought I’d approach this from a slightly different direction. My initial reaction to dissenters of global warming is a simple blow-off–I’ve found most of them to justify their positions with very few facts. To disbelieve evidence suggesting that [...]

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I just finished up watching Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth. I was torn between feeling disgusted at the human race at large, disturbed by our inability to change things, and–ultimately–a little bit pissed off. I went to the official website of the movie after viewing the film, curious to see what they advised [...]

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