We're actually going to be topical today, which is odd because the topic is sports and I'm nut much of a fan.  But hockey and basketball are in their championship phases so here's an interactive map from Slate.com that shows all the cha ... (More)

In 1963, I graduated from East Lansing High School (Michigan), a white-bread community far removed from reality.  I then attended Michigan State University for a year.  After completing my first year of college, I signed up for a Mormon mi ... (More)

This is from Jeff Stahler's single-panel comic Moderately Confused.

Intelligent Design Above is a link to the unabridged version of Gabriel Rothblatt’s presentation on Genetic Engineering as a means for the advancement of Seasteading. Delivered during the lightning rounds at the 2012 Seasteading Confer ... (More)

A recent post by BHodges on bycommonconsent.com reviewed the book The Power of Parable:  How Fiction by Jesus Became Fiction about Jesus.  In the book, the author John Dominic Crossan wonders if the four gospels are parables?  According t ... (More)

In some ways, this trip is a vacation. In other ways, it's a self-imposed exile, in which we must slum around the world, often without food, showers, or the benefits of clean clothing. The terms of our exile are these: * 40 days, almost 6 we ... (More)