by Carl Howard | Mar 20, 2014 | Atheism and Religion, Atrocities and Oppression, Race, Society, Travel
I went to a modern-Orthodox Zionist high school. You can imagine the kind of stuff they taught there. Highlights included: A school assembly with a debate of students about the validity of the (1990s) peace process. With someone on the side that it’s not worthwhile...
by Carl Howard | Mar 18, 2014 | Atheism and Religion, Atrocities and Oppression, Ethics, Feminism and LGBT, Society
Fred Phelps is in a hospice and close to death [UPDATE: he has now died], having also been excommunicated from his own church, with the believing family not allowed contact with him. If you don’t know who about Phelps, he is the founder of the God Hates Fags church...
![Do they know it’s International Women’s Day [in Afghanistan]?](https://failbluedot.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/afghanistan_protest_1.jpg)
by Carl Howard | Mar 9, 2014 | Feminism and LGBT, Race, Society, Travel
Vignette the First A few months ago I was in a conversation where International Women’s Day was brought up. Specifically, the question of whether a particular someone would know what it is. One person (let’s call him Bob) said “Of course they do, it’s celebrated...
by Carl Howard | Mar 4, 2014 | Atrocities and Oppression, Ethics, History, Race
You’ll pry my Hitler comparisons from my cold, dead hands. You’ve probably heard of Godwin’s Law., it’s hard to be online and not encounter it. Originally it had this formulation: “As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving...
by Carl Howard | Feb 18, 2014 | Ethics, Feminism and LGBT, Society
You’ve probably heard about the Enders Game boycott. If not, it’s targeted at an upcoming sci-fi movie that’s based on a book of the same name by Orson Scott Card. The book is very famous and regularly makes lists of top sci-fi movies of all time (although this...
by Carl Howard | Feb 5, 2014 | Biases and Fallacies, Mind, Psychology and Consciousness, Science and Skepticism
A year ago, I moved. The new apartment is in a building right behind a train station. There’s just a very small park between it and the station, maybe 25 metres across. The park has a playground and a table with benches and a roof. It’s a fairly quiet suburb and a...
