Hey Liberals! The Terrorist Threat Is Real!
I admit it. The threat of a terrorist attack in the United States is real. Of course, the threat of an attack in the United States by grizzly bear, cougar or alligator is also real. In fact, we know...
View ArticleAlaskan Sea Links
After yesterday’s article on the Bush Administration’s refusal to meet deadlines in considering protection for the ribbon seal, I went in search of more information. For one thing, I was frustrated...
View ArticleThe Quick And The Dead Cheetahs
One of the great things about schools is the way that they provide indirect education to groups of people far beyond their base of actual students. An example of this kind of extra education took place...
View ArticleWill Obama Fail Endangered Species Test?
Under President Obama, some things are changing, and some things are staying the same. One of the things that’s staying the same is that the Center for Biological Diversity is having to file a lawsuit...
View ArticleTransexualism Is Natural
One of the most frequent arguments right wingers make against constitutionally guaranteed equality under the law for homosexual couples is the claim that homosexuality is unnatural. Harold S. Martin of...
View ArticleWhat Should the National Mammal of the USA Be?
Yesterday, in the U.S. Senate, the following senators signed their names to a bill declaring one particular species to be designated the national mammal of the United States of America: Sen. Michael...
View ArticleA Year in the Life of Adam
Genesis 2:19-20 tells the story of Adam’s task: "Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name...
View ArticleWhy Do People Want To Get Rid Of Ants?
Sitting on a stone wall outside, I put down a plate that had been holding a sandwich. I went back to reading my book, but when I looked up 5 minutes later, I saw that the plate had about 50 ants on it,...
View ArticleGadhimai Challenge: Which Pictures Are From The Ritual Slaughter?
This last weekend saw the Gadhimai festival in southern Nepal, an annual Hindu event that involves the ritual slaughter of hundreds of thousands of animals. Many people express outrage that such an...
View Article11 Alternatives to “Kanga Roof”
Outside houses recovering from a hard winter in Central New York, you can spot a lot of these signs: Why is this company (and it’s not the only one) home of the “Kanga Roof?” Because the contractors...
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