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At the risk of being called an environmental blasphemer, I’d like to propose something shocking:  the extinction of a species, entirely due to human activity may not always be a bad thing.  In fact, it may be a very good thing.   We have come to be taught that all species deserve to exist (not sure […]

Many in the skeptic and atheist communities claim that raising a child with religion is child abuse and should be illegal.  I’m not generally of that opinion, because, for one thing, the jails are not large enough and secondly, even imperfect parents are not necessarily ground for child protective services to get involved, as state-based […]

There’s a curious issue that comes up with laws like those that ban the sale of raw milk to consumers. Should people be allowed, with full informed consent to buy raw, unpasteurized, unirridiated, possibly bacteria-laden milk? In an intelligent and well informed world, this would not be much of an issue. Why on earth would […]

From NASA’s confused, convoluted and underfunded Constellation program to the de-funding of it in favor of a non-existant plan, there has been little good news from the American space program.   There is one exception, however.   SpaceX has been making great progress in the design and testing of the Falcon 1 and 9 rockets.   The Falcon 9 is especially […]

Vaccines don’t cause autism. We know that. We’ve known it for a while. There has never been a shred of evidence that they do. There have been studies done that conclusively show they do not. Now a new study has come out showing that there is zero increase in the risk of autism in children […]

Rarely do I create a post just to show off a video, much less a comedy video from a late night television show. However, this bit from Jimmy Kimmel Live is great. It’s about vaccines and it’s funny and on point. I think my favorite thing about this is that the message to vaccinate kids […]

Sure, the network might be called “The Learning Channel,” but don’t expect to learn anything from this new show.   If “John and Kate Plus Eight” was not stupid enough for you, the channel now has a new show that’s sure to rot even more braincells.  The show “Paranormal Court” is described as “Two parties come […]

For a while I’ve been working on putting together a map of sites associated with coal, including coal ash and slurry spills, coal ash ponds, coal mine disasters, coal burning power plants and other areas where the impact of coal can be seen.   Initially, I had planned on doing the world, but it’s just too […]

What is a blog without comments? It would seem to defeat the whole purpose of a blog. The whole idea behind “web 2.0,” blogging, citizen journalism and the like is that communications should be social with user-generated content, contributions and exchanges by readers. A blog without comments is just an editorial column, or even someone’s […]

I’m actually a bit surprised the proposal was defeated, as it does have all the kind of appeal that politicians love, especially given that it’s for “The children,” but it seems that the warning label bill for cell phones in Maine, which had previously been reported,  has been defeated.   The bill would have required all cell […]