I have to say, there really is merit to the old-school monolithic, dictatorial editorship of encyclopediae or other reference sources. The public at large just doesn't have the spelling skills, grammatical prowess, organization of thought, or understanding of even basic logical concepts to be able to maintain something like Wikipedia with any real ( Read more... )

... and man I've had some doozies leveled at me in my day. My all-time favorites seem to be the uber-technical job-irrelevant queries submitted by some geek swinging his dick and staking out his territory for the new guys, but then again there are others that I remember fondly as well ( Read more... )

Hot on the heels of Bishop Thomas Olmstead stripping St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix of its affiliation with the Roman Catholic diocese after it terminated a pregnancy to save the life of the mother, the National Women's Law Center has released a report on entitled Below the Radar: Health Care Providers' Religious Refusals Can ( Read more... )

You know about North Carolina, right? The state? Like many other states, they have a State Bureau of Investigation (SBI). Their SBI has a crime lab with a forensic biology section that tests stuff for ... stuff ( Read more... )

You must welcome dissent; you must welcome serious, systematic, proselytizing dissent-not only the playful, the fitful, or the eclectic; you must value it enough, not merely to refrain from expelling it yourselves, but to refuse to have it torn from you by outsiders ( Read more... )

Somebody want to tell me why, in 2009, one in six British psychotherapists are still trying to "cure" homosexuality with genital shocks and strange masturbatory shell games? Props to Reuters, actual study abstract here.

I heard this yesterday and am still heartbroken. Paul Harvey Aurandt, better known as Paul Harvey, the last of the great wordsmiths and father of the syndicated news broadcast, died at the age of 90. He was preceded in death last year by Lynne, his wife of 68 years whom he affectionately named "Angel." In life she was his producer, his manager, ( Read more... )

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"Words cannot begin to express how sorry and saddened I am over what transpired. I am seeking the counseling of my pastor, my mother and other loved ones and I am committed, with God's help, to emerging a better person ( Read more... )

Left alone and uninformed, Americans will download and install virii on their computers, and only then learn the particulars of basic computer security. They will then appoint someone to manage that part of their lives and go back to being ignorant users ( Read more... )