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Tag Archives: extremism
A Well Regulated Debate
So, a whole bunch of people died recently (again), and, once again, we can trace the basic root cause back to the easy availability of firearms in the United States. And, once again, American consistency rules the day, and we … Continue reading
Politicizing Science
Now that science denial is coming back into (political) fashion, and indeed, an entire government is going to be built on lies and bad information, I feel like it’s now my duty to combat incorrect information as much as I … Continue reading
Posted in Governance, Myths and misconceptions, Politics, Science, Technology
Tagged age of the earth, anti-government, biology, climate change, conflict of interest, Congress, corruption, deep time, dishonesty, Donald Trump, environment, evidence, evolution, extremism, facts, funding, global warming, GMOs, partisan politics, polarization, political extremism, politics, progress, proof, religion, religious extremism, research, research and development, science, science denial, stem cells, technology, theories
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Fumbling the Football
On July 16, 1945, Kenneth Bainbridge, a physicist on the Manhattan project and director of the Trinity nuclear test, witnessed the first atomic weapon ever built turn several square miles of New Mexico into glass. As the explosion gradually faded, … Continue reading
Posted in Governance, Politics
Tagged Donald Trump, extremism, government, ignorance, Kenneth Bainbridge, lies, Marco Rubio, mutually assured destruction, nuclear deterrence, nuclear threat, nuclear weapons, politics, recklessness, Republican Party, republicans, Robert Oppenheimer, Ted Cruz, unelectable
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Criticism of Michael Sam
I don’t follow football all that much anymore. I used to be a huge fan. From the mid 1990s, when my beloved hometown Chiefs were smashing through the NFL every year with punishing defense and explosive special teams, (then bowing … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, Sports
Tagged equality, extremism, football, gay rights, homophobia, human rights, Michael Sam, Missouri Tigers, NFL, rebuttal, sports, St. Louis Rams
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