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I Guess Women Are People?

Posted on May 17, 2019 by hbreck

Normally, when I’m asked for my opinion on the topic of abortion, I usually just respond with something along the lines of “My opinion is irrelevant, because I can’t have one. I don’t get a say. I’m not capable of … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Politics, Quick post, Rant, Social Justice | Tagged abortion, Alabama, civil rights, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, rape, reason, religion, republicans, science, Supreme Court, Women, women's rights | Leave a comment

On Secular Morality

Posted on May 9, 2017 by hbreck

This brief missive came about from indirectly observing the argument of… we’ll say a friend of a friend, on Facebook. This individual was discussing morality, specifically the need for morality to be centered around religious tenets. Between his initial post, … Continue reading →

Posted in Rant | Tagged Bernard Williams, C.S. Lewis, consequentialism, David Hume, deities, Elizabeth Anscombe, ethics, Euthyphro dilemma, god, Greg Epstein, Gregg Easterbrook, Henry Sidgwick, history, Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, Julian Baggini, Matthew White, morality, Mozi, Peter Singer, philosophy, Plato, R.M. Hare, religion, Sam Harris, secular morality, secularism, Socrates, Steven Pinker, Thiruvalluvar, utilitarianism, William Godwin | 1 Comment

One down, 207 to go…

Posted on January 28, 2017 by hbreck

Donald Trump has been President of the United States for one week now. Just typing that feels strange. Like a different reality. I’ve been re-watching episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine lately, and I’ve recently gotten to one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Budgets, Civil Rights, Economics, Elected yet unelectable, foreign policy, Governance, Healthcare, immigration, Infrastructure, Politics, Science, Social Justice | Tagged abortion, bigotry, Christianity, climate change, culture, democracy, Democratic Party, Democrats, dishonesty, domestic policy, Donald Trump, environment, facts, fear, Feminism, foreign policy, GOP, government, ignorance, Islam, Kellyanne Conway, misogyny, news, oppression, propaganda, race relations, racism, refugees, religion, religious extremism, religious liberty, Republican, Republican Party, republicans, science denial, Sean Spicer, sexism, Standing Rock, Steve Bannon, systemic oppression, walls, Women, women's rights | Leave a comment

Politicizing Science

Posted on January 5, 2017 by hbreck

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 | 1 Comment

Donald Trump Cannot Be President… and here’s why.

Posted on October 10, 2016 by hbreck

Originally I intended to write a simple article, based on my “Elected Yet Unelectable” series, highlighting (in normal prose form) specific moments and events that prove that Donald J. Trump is completely unelectable and unsuitable for any public office. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Governance, Healthcare, History, immigration, Infrastructure, Media, Myths and misconceptions, Politics, Social Justice | Tagged 2016 Presidential Race, Barack Obama, Ben Carson, Bernie Sanders, Bill Clinton, celebrities, competition, Congress, controversy, corruption, crime, culture, Current events, debate, Donald Trump, environment, facts, film, Hillary Clinton, humanity, hypocrisy, internet, Islam, issues, John Kasich, lies, media, media bias, military, news, nuclear deterrence, nuclear threat, nuclear weapons, Paranoia, politics, Presidential Debate, race, race relations, racial equality, racism, religion, slander, Syria, Ted Cruz, television, terrorism, United States, violence, Women | 4 Comments

Brexit Lemmings

Posted on June 30, 2016 by hbreck

So, last week, the United Kingdom did it. They voted narrowly to leave the European Union. Well, kind of. Okay, actually, they didn’t. This was a referendum among the citizenry to ascertain popular opinion about the EU. The actual process … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Governance, History, Politics | Tagged Boris Johnson, Brexit, Britain, civil rights, Conservative Party, controversy, David Cameron, dishonesty, Donald Trump, economics, environment, EU, Europe, European Union, extremists, facts, fear, government, immigration, Ireland, John Oliver, lies, military, nativism, Northern Ireland, nuclear weapons, politics, racism, regulations, religion, Scotland, short-sightedness, statistics, taxes, Tories, trade, UK, United Kingdom, United States | 2 Comments

Jesus H Cosmos

Posted on January 15, 2016 by hbreck

Our world will be consumed by the sun in a few billion years. As the nuclear fusion reactions within it run out of fuel, it will expand – possibly past Earth’s current orbit – and SPF 3 billion will become the … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Quick post, Rant, Science | Tagged god, intolerance, reason, religion, stupidity, Ted Cruz, Ted Cruz is a creep | 1 Comment

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