January 2011
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From hundreds to a billion. I don’t get the joke.
What follows is from an email that circulated at the end of last year with some points about Muslims. The author of these points, the email said, was Jeff Foxworthy, the guy who does the redneck jokes. The points are written in the Foxworthy style. These statements were not written by him, however. So here [...]
Conformity Rules the Day
I probably would not assume that you would act differently than the people in the following video. Experiment after experiment reveals that these people could be you, that like the rest of us, you generally conform most of the time in random social situations. It’s not too difficult to figure out why, of course. We [...]
Americans Gone Wild!
This might be one of the more inspiring stories I’ve read in years. And I say “inspiring” because it is only when the “tough on crime” crowd gets so clown-like that the American populace might finally see the absurdity of giving police, prosecutors, prison administrators and courts so much power. What’s wild is that this [...]
Liberal Media Gone Wild?
Words from Laurie Mulvey: I’m not a Christian, and frankly, this soundbite is my first introduction to Alabama Governor Bentley. So I don’t know anything else about him. Still, it seems reasonable to imagine that he was making a religious point. As a Christian. How can we not allow him that liberty? His statement did [...]