McCain Makes Grunting Noise

McCain actually guest-posted at: Captain’s Quarters. Boy, is he ever slumming of late… His statement is cut from the same cloth as Bush’s stance regarding NORK: Time for Decisive Action on North Korea Korea doubts the world’s resolve. It is testing South Korea, China, Russia, Japan, and the United States. They launched seven missiles in … Read more

Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! Coming to Tucson

Link: Tucson, AZ (Static: Book Tour). Amy’s coming! If ever I had a crush on a reporter, it’s Amy Goodman (well, I also had a thing for Kris Pickel, back in the day…). Amy’s promoting her new book "Static: Government, Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back." She will speak at the Rialto … Read more

The Atheist Tapes – Steven Weinberg

Excellent discussion of the friction between religion and science. Some of my favorite moments: "I think science is corrosive of religious belief, and it’s a good thing too." "I don’t like God. In the sense that I don’t like Iago, or some other fictional characters."