Gretchen Tom Rees at Epiphenom has put together a brief review of the results of scientific papers published on religion this year. Here’s an excerpt: We learned some more about what religion can do for you. Religious people are less likely to smoke, but more likely to be overweight. Religion can also make you more attractive. … Read more
Quoth Tucker Carlson on Tuesday: “I’m Christian. I’ve made mistakes. I believe fervently in second chances. Michael Vick killed dogs in a heartless and cruel way. I think, personally, he should have been executed for that. The idea the president of the United States would be getting behind someone who murdered dogs is beyond the … Read more
Cross-posted from State of Formation. Quoth Tucker Carlson on Tuesday: “I’m Christian. I’ve made mistakes. I believe fervently in second chances. Michael Vick killed dogs in a heartless and cruel way. I think, personally, he should have been executed for that. The idea the president of the United States would be getting behind someone who murdered … Read more
At The Daily Dish, Conor Friedersdorf contemplates the results of a recent Gallup poll asking Americans which men and women they most admire. Barack Obama won out for men, whereas Hillary Clinton came out on top for women. Friedersdorf thinks the fact that politicians make up the majority of people on both lists is “all … Read more
Pigs raised in factory farms have their tails docked (i.e., cut off) because they are weaned from their mothers at about 12 days. They would normally wean at about three weeks, but the feed they are given causes them to grow at a much faster rate than their mother’s milk would. However, pigs who are … Read more
…ban all ads relating to religion. Well, that’s one way of going about things. I suppose this could be called an exercise in not rocking the boat.
This was a remark made in the breeder comment thread. An odd one, I thought. It sounds sensical at first– surviving is something we all need to do individually, and reproducing is something we at least need to do as a species, so how can someone apply “right and wrong” to them? But I think … Read more
Constitutionally protected tattoos “The tattoo designs that are applied by me are individual and unique creative works of visual art,” the tattoo artist Johnny Anderson claimed in a 2006 lawsuit. They are therefore constitutionally protected speech, he argued, so the courts should strike down a ban on tattoo parlors within the city limits of Hermosa … Read more
This and the other card can be found here. When I saw Reason magazine tweet about an article entitled “Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been a ‘Breeder’?” and clicked through to see an image of the “breeder bingo board,” I expected to see a commentary on how harshly people tend to judge those … Read more
So now a Christian group in Fort Worth has hired a “mobile billboard” truck to follow around the buses with the “Millions of Americans are good without God” ads on them. The truck’s billboards read “I still love you – God” and “2.1 billion people are good with God.” One of the financiers of the … Read more