Ed Cone quotes Ann Coulter saying:
bq. It’s far preferable to fight them in the streets of Baghdad than in the streets of New York (where the residents would immediately surrender). [ "Ed Cone":http://radio.weblogs.com/0107946/2005/08/23.html#a4836 ]
Of course. We all know that New Yorkers are liberal, and liberal = coward, right? Or possibly French. So much for the [...] Read more »

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I have to ammend my “earlier post on Gould’s”:http://www.thudfactor.com/textpattern/1198/noma-and-the-religion-v-science-debate theory of NOMA(Non-Overlapping Magisteria) expressed in his book _Rocks of Ages_. My conclusion was that his proposal — that Science be left to deal with what is, while Religion is left to deal with what we do about it — was a nice idea but it [...] Read more »

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I’ve been reading a book by Stephen Jay Gould called “Rocks of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life”:http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?path=ASIN/034545040X&link_code=as2&camp=1789&tag=celticknotwor-20&creative=9325. I’m not entirely sure Gould’s proposed resolution for the Science v. Religion debate is effective on anything but a personal level; but it does provide a pretty good background on the historical nature [...] Read more »

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The Elf and I took off for the western end of Virginia this weekend to look at some mountains and put just a bit of space between us and the city. The weather was overcast Saturday on the way to “Skyline Drive”:http://www.nps.gov/shen/, but just before entering the park the clouds broke and it [...] Read more »

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Just a quick note to let you know: should you ever see “Eyes of the Serpent”:http://www.anvilandsprocket.com/review.php?rec=175 on the Blockbuster shelf, run far far away. Read more »

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