From the daily archives:

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Is Religious Fanaticism a Disease?

June 27, 2006

We often hear of alcholism and other addiction disorders as being ‘diseases’. Now, personally, I’ve always had a problem with calling such things diseases. A disease is generally something that you can catch – like Hep-B or often just something that happens in our bodies such as cancer. It’s generally [...]

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New Scam: Iraqi War Booty & The US Army

June 27, 2006

Heard of the Nigerian scammers? Well, they’ve apparently relocated to Italy and are now a ‘faction’ of US soldiers in Iraq who need help getting their war booty out of the country:
Dear Friend,
My name is, Major. Jeffrey Burton and i represent a faction of American soldiers,serving in the military of the 1st Armored [...]

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Reframing the Abortion Debate

June 27, 2006

In the June/July edition of the Free Inquiry Eileen McDonagh writes that it is time to reframe the abortion debate in the wake of South Dakota declaring that a fetus is a person. I think this is a great article and reminds us that something has been lost in the debate.
A woman has the [...]

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