Diluting the scientific method: Ars looks at homeopathy
Homeopathy. P-L-A-C-E-B-O. Homeopathy.
Ousted clan says tribe now gains – Los Angeles Times
Tribe gets casino. Tribe gets big. Tribe arbitrarily decides to reduce membership (and increase individual payouts) by ejecting people from the tribe. Tribe members left over get more money.
Ah, the siren call of corruption.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
Maui homestead project costs double – The Honolulu Advertiser
They should just give away all the DHHL land, fee simple, to all qualified applicants, and be done with it.
The peace racket – Los Angeles Times
The best defense is a good offense.
Diversity may not be the answer – Los Angeles Times
I guess we all get along once we accept that we’re all human, and any “diversity” between us is truly superficial.
More scientists speaking truth to power.
Orson Scott Card, an excellent sci-fi author, joins in with Michael Crichton here to shake the tree of the Church of Global Warming.
Heroism and the language of fascism – Los Angeles Times
Interesting take on the overuse of superlatives.
Internal Code Reuse Considered Dangerous
Danger! Danger Will Robinson!
In Iraq, liberals flip on genocide – Los Angeles Times
Some folks could do with a few consistent hobgoblins…
Religion beat became a test of faith – Los Angeles Times
I guess if you’re going to believe in a God, you’ve got to realize that any infinite being is capricious, arbitrary and unfair. To imagine any all-powerful being in existence who would allow the kinds of evil in this world that we witness time and time again is a direct indictment of that being’s morality.
An Iraqi’s progress report – Los Angeles Times
Forget why we ever got involved there – we owe the Iraqi people to win this one. We put Saddam in power, and it was our responsibility to take him down.
Anyone eager for a pullout is prepared to condemn millions of Iraqis to death. The true irony of all of this is that the reason for staying is a humanitarian one, and legions of supposed humanitarian Democrats don’t seem to realize their own philosophy demands of them a commitment to the people of Iraq.
Remember, it was Bush who toed the Republican line during his first election, promising not to get us involved in foreign wars. Pity that now Bush is on the Democrat side, they’ve given up their principles.
Nice piece on telegraph.co.uk: