July 2010 Entries

Sports fan politics - “Refudiate”

Posted under: Politics
Posted on: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 1:07 PM
3 comments

15 sexy scientists? Prepare to wring hands

Posted under: Gender Issues, Science
Posted on: Monday, July 19, 2010 12:11 PM
7 comments

NASA to outreach to the Muslim world: Atheist/Skeptic blogs silent

Posted under: Politics, Skepticism, Science
Posted on: Sunday, July 18, 2010 4:12 PM
3 comments

Does truth matter?

Posted under: Gender Issues, Skepticism, Feedback, Religion, Victim Complex
Posted on: Saturday, July 17, 2010 5:08 PM
21 comments

Jonah Goldberg: See You Next Tyranny Day!

Posted under: Politics, Liberty and Freedom
Posted on: Saturday, July 17, 2010 2:26 PM
1 comments

This is Iran: Iranian Woman Sentenced To Stoning After Being Lashed

Posted under: Gender Issues, Politics, Islamic Totalitarianism
Posted on: Sunday, July 11, 2010 2:29 AM
5 comments

Carl Sagan: A Universe Not Made For Us

Posted under: Skepticism, Science, Religion
Posted on: Sunday, July 11, 2010 2:13 AM
1 comments

You can help with an exciting new personal project

Posted under: Gender Issues, Feminism, Feedback, Men’s Rights
Posted on: Thursday, July 08, 2010 4:43 PM
11 comments

Ada Lovelace was not the first computer programmer

Posted under: Gender Issues, Skepticism, Feedback, Political Correctness
Posted on: Thursday, July 08, 2010 1:57 AM
7 comments

The Princess and the Frog. Racist too, apparently

Posted under: Race & Racism, Political Correctness, Victim Complex
Posted on: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 2:24 AM
4 comments

African-American women struggle to overcome wealth gap

Posted under: Gender Issues, Politics
Posted on: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 12:02 AM
6 comments

The umbrella in particular is remembered as the symbol of the nineteenth century’s disturbing obsession with individualism. In Bellamy’s utopia, umbrellas have been replaced with retractable canopies so that everyone is protected from the rain equally.
“In the nineteenth century,” explains a character, “when it rained, the people of Boston put up three hundred thousand umbrellas over as many heads, and in the twentieth century they put up one umbrella over all the heads.”