In one Christmas episode of “South Park,” Cartman tallied his “naughty” and “nice” lists for the year in hopes that he had done enough nice things to balance out all the naughty. Coming up short, he tries to count “brushing my teeth” as nice so that he can still get presents from Santa ( Read more... )

It was the day after the Christmas Party Massacre in San Bernardino when a friend of mine asked if I was pro-gun or anti-gun -- as if my stance could only be one of two, Schrödinger’s cat possibilities ( Read more... )

There's an old story of the railroad employee who was asked why he was tapping the wheels of each freight car. "I don't know," he replied. "They just told me to tap them." It seems silly, but cases like that can be found in many everyday dealings with people. Workers are told what to do but not why ( Read more... )

Before I link the following, let me say that I despise the author's writing style. Using the words "pluralism" and "narrative" over and over does not make what you are saying more clear. If anything, it makes people confused. Perhaps I'm just stupid. You can judge for yourself ( Read more... )

I don't know, so I'm an atheist libertarian
by Penn Jillette