by Carl Howard | Jun 26, 2012 | Blog Topics, Resources, Food and Environment, Travel
When people think of environmental disasters, Uzbekistan probably doesn’t come to the top of mind. This is yet another aspect of Central Asian invisibility. Actually, Uzbekistan is a testament to some of the worst environmental disasters of the 20th century. And of...
by Carl Howard | Jun 22, 2012 | Blog Topics, Links
In case you missed the recent post that broke the internet, a Mormon blogger comes out as being gay and happily married to a woman who knows he’s gay and they have a great sex life etc etc. Over 6,000 words (apparently) of him and his wife explaining what it’s like....
by Carl Howard | Jun 22, 2012 | Blog Topics, History
In case you missed the recent post that broke the internet, a Mormon blogger comes out as being gay and happily married to a woman who knows he’s gay and they have a great sex life etc etc. Over 6,000 words (apparently) of him and his wife explaining what it’s like....
by Carl Howard | Jun 14, 2012 | Atheism and Religion, Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Evolution and Biology, Science and Skepticism
I’ve read a lot of claims by creationists so I’m used to wildly biologically-implausible claims. However, I’ve been having a slight back and forth that was so strange and dare I say ridiculous that I just have to share it. It’s about this old post where I discuss the...
by Carl Howard | Jun 12, 2012 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Super-Abridged Bible
I’ve made this summary a bit more detailed since it contains a lot of ideas not expressed in other books of the Bible, the following should express every major idea in the text. [The words of Kohelet: the text says this is King Solomon.] All is vanity! Generations...
by Carl Howard | Jun 5, 2012 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Super-Abridged Bible
Ahashverosh (king of Persia) gives a 180 day banquet to his nobles, with Vashti (his wife)giving a parallel women’s banquet. Ahashverosh orders Vashti to come so he can show her off, she refuses. His advisors say that because of her wives around Persia will feel...
