Month: March 2007

  • Five strategies for debating global warming and environmentalism

    I held a debate on environmentalism last month, which included a climate scientist as well as traditional evangelical environmentalists. Not surprisingly, the discussion quickly bogged down on the issue of global warming. My experience as a layperson taking a stand against a coalition of true believers and technical specialists presented some lessons on arguing against…

  • 'We want this baby polar bear dead' say animal rights lobby

    Digg: Tiny, fluffy and adorable, Knut the baby polar bear became an animal superstar after he was abandoned by his mother. Animal rights activists argue that he should be given a lethal injection rather than brought up suffering “the humiliation of being treated as a domestic pet.” read more | digg story

  • "Animal rights" activists versus animal lovers

    In 2005, I wrote about the cruel and unjust tactics of the SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). Today I came across a 2006 story which demonstrates their power-mad tactics, ignorance, and disregard for the actual well-being of animals.

  • Expedition highlighting global warming called off due to extreme cold

    A North Pole expedition meant to bring attention to global warming was called off after one of the explorers got frostbite. The explorers, Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen, on Saturday called off what was intended to be a 530-mile trek across the Arctic Ocean after Arnesen suffered frostbite in three of her toes, and extreme…

  • Random reason quote on your Google Homepage

    Do you use Google’s Personalized Homepage? You can add my random quote widget to your page. Just click “Add Stuff”, “Add by URL” and add this URL: http://quotes.rationalmind.net/random.php?format=gadget More: To add random quotes to any HTML page, add this to the source: <script language=”Javascript” src=”http://quotes.rationalmind.net/random.php?format=js”> </script> You can specify quotes by topic or author by…

  • The AARP’s "commitment to all generations" ad campaign is dishonest and hypocritical

    Have you seen the AARP’s latest ad campaign? It shows a series of children who urge us to take action on the “five core needs” of AARP: “the need for health; the need for financial security; the need to contribute or give back to society; the need for community and to stay connected to family,…

  • Digg: Boston police blow up more "suspicious boxes"

    Thanks to the Boston Police bomb squad, this is one traffic counter box that won’t get a chance to kill anyone. (This is after the city claimed to spend a $1 million blowing up LED advertisements for Comedy Central.) Notice how the media plays along by using terms like “disarm.” read more | digg story

  • Socialism doesn't work in a non-authoritarian system either

    When confronted with the universal failure of socialism to achieve the material prosperity and social equality it promised, socialists do one of three things: they pretend the evidence doesn’t exist, they claim that socialist governments do not represent “true” Marxism-Leninism, or they change their philosophy to reject material success: environmentalism.  With the failure of the…