Category: Politics
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“Something That God Intended”
I’m sure you’ve all heard by now that a Senate candidate from Indiana, Richard Mourdock, is in hot water over a reply he gave during a debate this week. He was asked if he’d allow abortion in cases of rape, and he said he believes “life begins at conception” and that “life is a gift…
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My Night in the Wreck Room
What we have here is my fourth podcast, except that this one’s a tiny bit different. Unlike previous installments, I decided to record it in one take, uninterrupted, and post it with no edits. This is the raw feed, straight from my thinky (and feely) place to you.
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And That’s the Word
If you caught my vlog of a few days ago, you might find the video below, from The Colbert Report, amusing.
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Easy Math You Can Use!
This week’s vlog is about math, but I promise it won’t fry your brain…in a bad way, at least!
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Yay, Birth Control!
Prohibiting birth control is stupid. I know it’s totally gauche to call somebody’s heartfelt religious beliefs a name, but this sincere belief is stupid.
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The State of the Union, February 2012
I hesitate before posting anything about politics, even more so than about religion or sex. It’s not that I don’t care about politics; I do, very much. But I have numerous conservative friends and acquaintances, and some of those fine folks (Chris Clark, I’m looking at you) feel obliged to counter every statement I make…
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Follow the Money
I don’t talk about politics on this blog as often as my friends might expect, and there’s a reason. Every time I express my viewpoint, I have a handful of readers who feel compelled to contradict me, usually with arguments I’ve heard before–because I watch Fox News, too–and could dispel with brutal speed were I…
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Beyond the Deepwater Abyss
Note: This is the first draft of an essay for The Weekly Volcano. It’s right at three thousand words, too long to be published there as is. I’m posting it here, though, by permission of editor Matt Driscoll (thanks, Matt) because I like everything in it, and I hope you’ll have time to read it…