James Maxey - Jawbone of an Ass
Monday, June 21, 2010

Should Gays (and Atheists) Marry?

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Few issues unite American's more than the opposition to gay marriage. Even among Democrats, you normally will find few politicians willi...
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Thursday, June 10, 2010

Cultural Obstacles to Scientific Literacy

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I think it's a relatively undisputed premise that Americans are falling behind in scientific literacy. Most objective measures of how ou...
Sunday, June 06, 2010

What I Should Have Said...

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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...
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Friday, May 28, 2010

A Libertarian Environmentalist Agenda

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I was recently in a discussion with folks who expressed skepticism that a libertarian could ever be an environmentalist. You need a strong g...
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Friday, May 07, 2010

One Good Moment

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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...
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Saturday, April 24, 2010

Debt Milestone and the Breakdown of Memory

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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...
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Thursday, April 08, 2010

Blood and Devotion Giveaway!

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

Random Political Thoughts

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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...
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Sunday, April 04, 2010

Ilene Hall Maxey 1918-2010

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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...
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Legally Enforcing Responsible Behavior

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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...
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Memory and Fire and Greg

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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...
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Saturday, March 13, 2010

Logic, facts, and moving the world's rocks.

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Recently in Wake County, a republican majority was elected on a plank of wanting to eliminate the bussing programs that helped ensure divers...
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Friday, February 26, 2010

Reason versus Reality: Further Atheist Criticism

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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 ...
Saturday, February 13, 2010

Thoughts? Comments?

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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...
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Sunday, February 07, 2010

Technology day dreams

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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...
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Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Corporate Political Speech

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Recently, the Supreme Court threw out about a hundred years worth of restrictions on political speach by corporations and opened the door to...
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Saturday, January 16, 2010

Is Religion to Blame?

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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...
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Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Tortured Logic

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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...
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Greg Hungerford, Part 4: An Atheist Memorial

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I was invited to speak at Greg's memorial service yesterday. I had originally written about five hundred words to read, avoiding the sub...
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Sunday, December 27, 2009

Greg Hungerford, Part 3

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