"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth." Albert Einstein
There is currently a growing controversy surrounding the acquisition of high quality military rifle sights for the Army and Marines. It seems the manufacturer, Trijion, has since it’s earliest days, included a biblical verse in the serial number of their products. The verse, inscribed in what “ABC News” refers to as “code” is a sort [...]
So we went to the Tennessee Aquarium this weekend. And once again, my six year old son proved he’s smarter than me. On the way there, he saw a sign for the Aquarium that advertised their penguin exhibit. Very cool, and he got excited. He asked me if they had “Macaroni Penguins.” I tried not [...]
A good friend of mine in Chicago posted an excellent article about God speaking to us in unusual and unlikely ways. In this case, Brian makes some good points about this likely not coming from God himself/herself/itself. Brian, God bless him, is a devout Catholic, so his point of view is a bit different than [...]
We’ve been told the science is done. That global warming is caused by man, and it is time for man to react and stop it. We’ve been told, time and again, that opposition to green movements means you must want the global warming catastrophe to occur… that you want to kill the earth. If it’s [...]
I posted recently on the combination of Twitter and 24/7 news adding to the feeling of desperation in the world. A wise commenter posted that it isn’t that the world is getting worse, we’re just hearing about it all the time. I couldn’t agree more. And I have an example to prove the point. Ask [...]
I read this story at AL.com and, while I’m not surprised, it really upset me. It is just another example of the state demanding access to the most private aspects of our lives. While I encourage you to go read the story for yourself, the gist of the story is pretty straight forward. It seems [...]
I have to admit, I’m a Mythbusters geek. I absolutely adore the show. But I adore busting myths myself. Myths are the result of sloppy thinking, something akin to superstitions, and I can’t abide it. Oh, I’m guilty of it, but it makes me angry when I do. I could give you a list of [...]
I’m a geek, but I’ve never claimed to be a genius. I have plenty of friends who rank up there, but I’m not one of them. One of the smarter of the bunch (not counting my fellow geeks here at Geek Palaver, of course) is my blogging friend Sarah Lena of the blog, The Anvil [...]
