Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
President Obama may want one... President Obama called for another “Sputnik moment” on Monday by having the nation invest more in education and science, previewing a theme that is likely to be part of his agenda and his budget for the second half of his term. Mr. Obama, who made his remarks during a visit …
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That's the way I interpret this (advance to about 6:30 in the video): http://downloads.cbn.com/cbnplayer/cbnPlayer.swf?s=/archive/club/700club120610_WS Sooner or later there's going to be a fracas on the right when enough people realise that those of us who support the abolition of civil marriage are at odds with those who are "defending" it, but until then... Interesting to …
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Kennedy's niece certainly thinks so: Palin fails to understand the genius of our nation. The United States is one of the most vibrant religious countries on Earth precisely because of its religious freedom. When power and faith are entwined, faith loses. Power tends to obfuscate, corrupt and focus on temporal rather than eternal purposes. Somehow …
In the middle of an excellent piece on the city of Philadelphia's horror at a "Christmas Village," Christine Flowers takes an informal poll and finds the following: As an immigration attorney, I deal with a lot of non-Christians, and I wanted to see if the ones I knew were upset at the Christmas display. They …
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The Church Mouse blog (I think this name is hilarious, considering this) reports the following: Since then, the folk behind the (Manhattan D)eclaration thought it would be a good idea to create an iPhone app which allows users to read and sign the declaration, and share it with others. The app was duly created and …
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With all of the trumpeting of the benefits of the Wikileaks revelations and how wonderful it is to get them out in the open, it's a good idea to take a trip down memory lane and look a previous time when secrecy was at least denounced, if not exposed. That time, of course, was before …
Well, at least prohibiting people from sitting on the streets, as San Francisco just did: A new law targeting those who hang out, and lie down, on the sidewalks and streets of San Francisco has some asking whether this city, known for its "love thy neighbour" attitude, has perhaps decided some neighbours aren't welcome. In …
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Back in 2006, I stated the following: Last year we stated that Iran’s greater objective than wiping Israel off of the map was to take control of both sides of the Persian Gulf, which would include Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and the other Gulf states. Such an assesment was and is a minority view, …
It's not surprising that the Guardian has trumpeted the result of the Munk Debate in Toronto as Hitchens 1 Blair 0. (For a more reasonable take on the debate, one should turn to His Grace.) The results of the polls aren't surprising either; Hitchens went into the debate with a lead amongst those polled, and …
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