Monthly Archives: May 2017

The greatest portion of peace of mind is doing nothing wrong. Seneca Can’t argue with that, but consider the implications of Seneca’s observation in light of the Christian doctrine of Original Sin — the teaching that to be born human … Continue reading →

Get this: A man who claims that an Invisible Wizard progressively revealed the secrets of the Whole Big Universe to successive generations of an obscure tribe of goatherders over the course of 1500-years says science bears the responsibility for our … Continue reading →

Comey lost the confidence of almost everyone in Washington, Republican and Democrat alike. When things calm down, they will be thanking me! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 10, 2017

History doesn’t really repeat itself — at least not exactly — but me and a lot of other people thought immediately of Richard Nixon’s infamous Saturday Night Massacre on hearing the news that The Donald had fired James Comey. The … Continue reading →

What do you know? Now that the EPA has dismissed about half of its science advisory board, and the Department of the Interior is suspending its advisory panels, it appears that Ivanka Trump will be in charge of assessing scientific … Continue reading →