Deniers (to the tune of "Russians" by Sting)

In Australia and America there's a growing hysteriaComparing those who see global warming threatTo the North Koreans and the Soviets.Mr. Inhofe said scientists lied to you,I don't subscribe to that point of viewIt's such an ignorant thing to tellI hope deniers love their kids...

Intelligence vs. Stupidity: Creation vs. Destruction

In many places there is suspicion of intelligence, but not of stupidity. Intelligence is blamed for all sorts of problems that aren't its doing. If it had been up to intelligence, the world would have been running clean energy a long time ago. Instead there are also...

The Lie of Traditional Values

The people who claim to speak for "traditional values" in America are, for the most part, not being forthright. And that negates many of their claims to speak for "traditional values."First of all, America was never meant to be a country stuck in the past. America has been...

Knowledge and Righteousness

In the film "White Oleander," a girl who has been exposed to Christian preachings asks a boy who is into science, "Does knowing things tell you what is right and wrong?" As a matter of fact, knowing things does a lot to help know what is right and what is wrong.Knowing the...

Confronting Worldview Panic

Very few things threaten people more than having their worldview challenged. And when something arises that threatens their worldview, the first reaction is to destroy it.We see this with Hurricane Carter. Since he was a child he was seen as a dangerous individual. What made...

Worldview Panic and Barack Obama

There are no more vicious reactions than is found in people who are seeing their worldview being threatened. When one believes that only Christian nuclear families can produce successful people, a person who does not come from a Christian nuclear family who becomes successful...

Female Establishments: Coercion toward Loserhood

I've known many women, working in female-run establishments, who kept getting attacked by their female bosses and co-workers for being either hard-working, intelligent or attractive. This kind of behavior can only be a disaster for the women and their attempts at advancement...

The Cheapness of Hitler Comparisons

Hitler comparisons are a dime a dozen, and the more they are used the more the actual wrongdoings of Hitler are cheapened. There are people comparing Obama to Hitler. There are people all over the Internet who are always ready with a Hitler comparison. The more this goes on,...

Rebellion, Government and Real Offenders

The situation facing people who are in dissent is paradoxical. In places where they have the most reason to rebel, they have the least freedom to rebel; whereas in places where they have the most freedom to rebel there is least reason to rebel. In Muslim, right-wing Christian...

Legacy of Beauty: Business and Art Working Together

There has historically been much friction between business and art. The main reason for this is that business and art are based on much different methodologies. Business looks for the bottom line; art looks toward the imagined or the etherial. Business demands constant...

Climate change report: Seas rising, heat waves ahead

• U.S. average temperature has increased by about 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit since 1895, and more than 80% of that occurred since 1980. The most recent decade was the nation's hottest on record, and the next few decades are projected to see another 2 degrees to 4 degrees...

Rating the Presidents

Richard Nixon is a widely hated figure in American politics; but I think that the bulk of the hatred that came his way was a result of him being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Late 1960s and early 1970s were a very liberal time in America; and anyone who was not a...

Legitimate Politics vs. Lunatic Politics

Gary Kasparov and Bobbie Fischer were both former chess champions who got involved in politics, but in very different ways. Whereas Kasparov, as a leader of Russia's pro-democracy opposition, became involved in politics in a credible way, Fischer became involved in politics...

Kid rewrites science

A 15-YEAR-OLD schoolboy has helped change the way science views the way galaxies are formed. Neil Ibata, son of the British astrophysicist Rodrigo Ibata, had done a work experience stint at his father's lab at Strasbourg Observatory a couple of years ago and went back for two...

Why Republicans Should Support Domestic Violence Legislation

There have been some Republican politicians, such as Tom Cole, who've been speaking up in favor of domestic violence legislation; and then there are others who have been opposing it. This is to reach those people based on what they claim to believe.Refusing to practice or...