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R World (Ron Davison muses aloud)

31 October 2006

Sex & Violence

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I saw that Saw III was the top grossing film over the weekend. From what I've read, it falls into the category of the “can't be too ...
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30 October 2006

Not in His Right Mind

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First, two quotes of note, both spoken in regards to the Iraq invasion and occupation. "Anyone who is not conflicted in their judgment ...
29 October 2006

The Iraqi Hot Potato

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The new plan for Iraq, stated by John Warner and echoed by others, is that we're going to turn to the Iraqi government to solve it. Amaz...
27 October 2006

If elected pope …

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This year, for Halloween, I was going to go as pope but decided that that would be irreverent. So rather than going as pope, I’m going to ru...
25 October 2006

Timetables, Benchmarks and Other Ways to Avoid the Hard Questions

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Bush announced that he is going to establish benchmarks for leaving Iraq and explained why benchmarks are not the same thing as timetables a...

Bush and the US Joined in Dissatisfaction

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WASHINGTON - In a somber but combative pre-election review of a long and brutal war, President Bush conceded Wednesday that the United State...

Cell Phones and Infertility

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Recent research has indicated that use of cell phones can lead to infertility. However, officials have not indicated that use of cell phones...
24 October 2006

A Confusion Between Rights and Being Right

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Governments in France, the UK, and the US are corrupting a precious legacy of Western Civilization. France's lower house of parliament r...

Bad Religion

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In this country, we seem to have a number of folks who fail to understand the difference between a person being free to choose his or her ow...
23 October 2006

The Nonsense of Linking Illegal Immigration and National Security

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A great deal of noise is made about how illegal immigrants are "illegal" and that should settle the issue. Proponents of this issu...

Race and Performance

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Watch baseball this week and note how varied are the races of the players on the two teams vying to become World Series champs. The engineer...

The difference between a blog and a diary

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You know the difference between a blog and a diary? Your roommate won't read your blog.

University Punt, Part 2

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High schools and universities should feel obligated to find the intersection of three things for each student: what the student is good at, ...

Universities Punt, Part 1

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Our best and brightest are being failed by our universities. For an 18 year-old clear about career goals, our university system generally do...

That odd religious qualification for politics

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Why does religion matter for politicians? Most people would consider me religious. I'm one of those people who usually attend a "re...
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21 October 2006

This Will Disrupt Everything

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An increasing amount of attention is being paid to creativity and entrepreneurship within business schools and corporations. For now, the mo...

The Need for Research into Social Constructs

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A handshake is a social construct. So is a $20 bill, Mass, democracy, and disco dancing. Social constructs are fascinating because they are ...
20 October 2006

Be Irrational - Vote as if You Make a Difference

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Living in California, voting is a part time job. And the ugly secret that they never tell you in high school civics class? The odds of your ...

The Liberal Media Bias

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A majority of journalists are liberals. In this election, that will actually work against liberals. First, it will be a problem because jour...
18 October 2006

Uber-Entrepreneurs and the New Foundations

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The Bills - Clinton and Gates - are probably the most obvious of a new breed: people who are helping to create a new type of social inventio...
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