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A debate over definitions

Thursday, February 21, 2008

The dreadful debate over definitions.  It seems that when you get right down to it, these are the discussions that people abhor the most, far more than those concerning politics or religion.  Whereas with religion or politics, the difference can usually be distilled into a subjective evaluative judgment, the argument lacks a certain joie de [...]

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Dropping the economic soap

Thursday, June 7, 2007

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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Coming to terms with global warming

Sunday, April 29, 2007

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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