Monthly Archives: December 2008

GSS blogging….

Posted on December 15, 2008 by David Hume

A week ago I lamented that there just wasn’t enough GSS blogging…I didn’t add that the GSS blogging that I do know of is all Right-of-Center.  Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but it is nice to have a … Continue reading →

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When Times Are Good…

Posted on December 15, 2008 by Bradlaugh

…  you don’t burn incense; when times are bad, you hug Buddha’s foot.  You heard it here first. Want it in the original? No prob.

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Conservative Unitarian Presidents?

Posted on December 15, 2008 by David Hume

I just realized something strange the other day. Here are the American presidents who were affiliated officially as Unitarians: John Adams John Quincy Adams Millard Fillmore William Howard Taft   The first Adams, Fillmore and Taft were undeniably conservatives in … Continue reading →

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Not Enough Kids

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Bradlaugh

Interesting piece here from Spengler in Asia Times Online. Spengler is commenting on a 1985 paper on ethics and the marketplace wiritten by then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI. Spengler’s recurrent theme is “nihilism“: The Europeans are paying for their … Continue reading →

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Acceptance of Evolution & belief in God

Posted on December 13, 2008 by David Hume

The question as to the relationship on a socio-cultural scale about the relationship of acceptance of evolution and belief in God is often mooted.  In The Blind Watchmaker Richard Dawkins famously contended that the theory of Darwinian evolution allowed one … Continue reading →

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Mind bending assumptions

Posted on December 13, 2008 by David Hume

A minor follow up, just so that readers of this weblog know where I’m “coming from.” I accept the contentions that:  Most cognition is implicit. That is, we do not have access to it to so that it is amenable … Continue reading →

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The arational conservative

Posted on December 13, 2008 by David Hume

Yale Brought Me to Conservatism: I can only describe the moment as an epiphany, with all that that implies. “An age of prudence” was my own age of rationalism. There was no reason to exist. But I did: not because … Continue reading →

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Washington Christmas display, cont’d

Posted on December 13, 2008 by Walter Olson

In one of the first posts at this site, Bradlaugh noted the flap in Washington state about how Gov. Christine Gregoire had supposedly — in Bill O’Reilly’s words — “insulted Christians all over the world” by ordering/allowing the adding of … Continue reading →

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Welcome Cornelius J. Troost

Posted on December 13, 2008 by Bradlaugh

I was pleased to see that Cornelius J. Troost is contributing to our comment thread. I admire his self-control:  not once, in a longish comment, did he mention his excellent book, Apes or Angels. It would make a great Christmas … Continue reading →

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Our Christian Constitution

Posted on December 13, 2008 by Bradlaugh

I was a Ron Paul supporter in the recent campaign.  When Ron Paul endorsed Chuck Baldwin of the Constitution Party as his preferred presidential candidate, I looked up both candidate and party. Their view is that the U.S. Constitution is … Continue reading →

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