Good luck with the message work. "Cadaver Dissection for Massage Therapists"(See the web site). Interesting! I remember when I interviewed at Loyola...
Maybe I'm getting sentimental in my old age, but this piece resonated with me. Alfie Kohn's book The Case Against Competition changed a lot of my thinking...
From his wonderful TV series, The Life of Birds: http://www.amazon.com/Life-of-Birds/dp/B000KE5JFMT Another excerpt has made the rounds on the internet (the...
Jim Bechtel
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Jul 2, 2007 8:45 pm
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This is what we're paying our mercenaries in Iraq to do. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF2NvPMSrTg...
Calendar and meeting pages are updated: http://www.reason.ws/eventscalendar.html <http://www.reason.ws/eventscalendar.html> On Saturaday I'm showing a video...
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=3341576&page=1 "Of all those surveyed, biologists were least likely to be religious, the study shows." The Clash...
"Does the study of science drive a person away from religion? It does not, she said in an interview." Interesting. Looks like she's saying this is evidence...
How things have changed in mere 80 years. When my grandfather Kelley traveled near Denver in 1920's, this sign was prominent as he searched for work. When...
"Once you start asking yourself questions like, 'How do I really know there is a God?' you are already on the path to unbelief," In one form or another, that...
From Shermer's e-Skeptic. Beyond Demonic Memes Why Richard Dawkins is Wrong About Religion by David Sloan Wilson Richard Dawkins and I share much in common. We...
Jim Bechtel
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Jul 4, 2007 3:26 pm
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Hello all, An excellent article, and well worth the time it takes to read the whole thing. For those who aren't as interested in the subject, or don't have...
Patriotism: Symbolic and Substantive by Ed Pearlstein (First printed in Statepaper.com November 29, 2003) Since September 11, 2001 there has been a great...
Reminder from: Reason-Omaha Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Reason-Omaha/cal Regular Meeting Saturday July 7, 2007 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm (This event...
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http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&colID=13&articleID=2733387 1-E7F2-99DF-3A66FD19F6C2AF91 June 17, 2007 The Prospects for Homo economicus A new...
http://atheism.about.com/od/aboutjesus/a/holyforeskin.htm?nl=1 Whatever Happened to Jesus' Foreskin? The power and popularity of relics in Medieval Europe was...
The idea that the universe erupted with a Big Bang explosion has been a big barrier in scientific attempts to understand the origin of our expanding universe,...
Hey, Reasonnaires, Sorry to be so removed these days, but I'm crazed with work and other obligations. On this day off, however, I have to make a few quick...
Hello David, Duane and all, David posts: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=3341576 <http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=3341576&page=1> &page=1 ...
O'Reilly, Dan
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Jul 5, 2007 4:15 pm
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It's the birthday of cartoonist Bill Watterson (books by this author), born in Washington, D.C. (1958). He created the cartoon strip "Calvin and Hobbes," which...
Hello Terrance and all, Terrance sez: How things have changed in mere 80 years. When my grandfather Kelley traveled near Denver in 1920's, this sign was...
O'Reilly, Dan
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Jul 5, 2007 5:10 pm
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Sorry for the failure to attribute. The Bill Watterson piece is in a newsletter called The Writer's Almanac from americanpublicmedia.org....
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070704144512.htm July 5, 2007 Intelligent People Are More Patient In Financial Matters; Higher IQ Also Makes More...
http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article2702529.ece Meet the neighbours: Is the search for aliens such a good idea? We've been trying to make...
Much paranoia about nothing… Considering our evolutionary upbringing, we seem to view ourselves as a vicious species. Apparently many scientists feel the...
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Jul 6, 2007 1:05 am
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... Tough one. Practically, no one is advocating outlawing the practice. We just note that it threatens to stunt the growth of kids. It's tacky. Legal child...
Mushrooms become source for eco-building By JESSICA M. PASKO, Associated Press Writer Mon Jun 25, 5:02 PM ET TROY, N.Y. - Eben Bayer grew up on a farm in...