Few issues unite American's more than the opposition to gay marriage. Even among Democrats, you normally will find few politicians willi...

I think it's a relatively undisputed premise that Americans are falling behind in scientific literacy. Most objective measures of how ou...

I just arrived back in Hillsborough from ConCarolinas. I'll write more about the con on my other blog when I have the time, but right no...

I was recently in a discussion with folks who expressed skepticism that a libertarian could ever be an environmentalist. You need a strong g...

Yesterday was the 4th anniversary of Laura's death. I had fully intended to post something last night, but two things stopped me. The fi...

First, a little good news. Back when the housing bubble burst and banks tightened up on credit card lending in the fall of 2008, I was one o...

Blood and Devotion is the latest anthology from Fantasist Enterprises, edited by William Horner and Illustrated by Nicole Cardiff. The the...

A few comments on political developments this week: 1. New Nuke Policy. Obama announced this week that we will not use nukes against any non...

That's me in the hat. I was two years old. The other child is my cousin Tony, age 1, and my grandmother, Ilene Hall Maxey, who would hav...

So, Obama finally has a health care bill he can sign. I confess, I was certain the whole affair was doomed after Scott Brown was sworn in an...

I came home from work today and built a fire in the backyard. Cheryl has one of those little steel fire-bowls. She's had some pretty big...

Recently in Wake County, a republican majority was elected on a plank of wanting to eliminate the bussing programs that helped ensure divers...

I've been an atheist for all my adult life, and believe strongly that my view of the world is correct and that the understanding of the ...

So, I used to have a " Darwin fish" logo on my car (s). I finally stopped because they kept getting stolen. I suspect it wasn...

I played around with an iPod touch a few weeks ago. It was an unsatisfying experience. I navigated to a few of my favorite webpages, or trie...

Recently, the Supreme Court threw out about a hundred years worth of restrictions on political speach by corporations and opened the door to...

Anyone who's read my blog knows I'm a godless heathen who never misses an opportunity to make fun of religion. This week, Pat Robert...

Despite my vow last year to cut back on my news consumption, I fear I'm in deeper than ever, listening to talk radio and NPR non-stop wh...

I was invited to speak at Greg's memorial service yesterday. I had originally written about five hundred words to read, avoiding the sub...

Back in 2004 I posted an entry called " Entropy and Death ," in which Greg played an important role in helping me define my world ...