from Utne Web Watch:
THE NEOCON WHO ISN'T
By Robert S. Boynton, American Prospect Online
Political scientist Francis Fukuyama, famous for penning The End of History, has leapt back aboard the timeline with his sharp criticism of the war in Iraq and the Bush administration's foreign policy. His political detour has confounded fellow neoconservatives and incited debates about American politics within conservative circles.
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
pet dog site
housepetmagazine.com - something to look into. The small dog playgroup that I take my dog, Gertie, to sometimes got featured on this site.
Dalai Lama on science
from SciTech Daily:
Science and Buddhism, according to the Dalai Lama, share a strong empirical basis and are surprisingly compatible [the story]
a quote:
"Just because a current theory or philosophy of science fails to account for a phenomenon does not mean that science itself should be abandoned."
The author has described "a God of gaps", where the religious may fill in any gaps in scientific theory with a religious concept. He doesn't like it. I, however, see its merits. Why not label something that does not have a scientic theory as religious? Of course, there are depths to scientific theory that the layperson cannot even fathom. At this point it seems to me that much of a layperson's belief in the unknown, either scientific or religious, is all religious.
Science and Buddhism, according to the Dalai Lama, share a strong empirical basis and are surprisingly compatible [the story]
a quote:
"Just because a current theory or philosophy of science fails to account for a phenomenon does not mean that science itself should be abandoned."
The author has described "a God of gaps", where the religious may fill in any gaps in scientific theory with a religious concept. He doesn't like it. I, however, see its merits. Why not label something that does not have a scientic theory as religious? Of course, there are depths to scientific theory that the layperson cannot even fathom. At this point it seems to me that much of a layperson's belief in the unknown, either scientific or religious, is all religious.
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
imagine no religion, too . . .
from Arts & Letters Daily:
“We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love,” said Jonathan Swift. God forbid we should hate religion – and law should forbid it too... more»
“We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love,” said Jonathan Swift. God forbid we should hate religion – and law should forbid it too... more»
Monday, October 24, 2005
Pretty Tree Homicide
from SciTech Daily:
Those lovely northern autumnal hues hide botanical assassination attempts [the story]
Those lovely northern autumnal hues hide botanical assassination attempts [the story]
Sunday, October 23, 2005
got the time?
from Arts & Letters Daily:
In God’s atemporal view, the act of creation is simultaneous with the moment of your reading this. God doesn’t look back to creation, nor forward to your clicking on... more»
In God’s atemporal view, the act of creation is simultaneous with the moment of your reading this. God doesn’t look back to creation, nor forward to your clicking on... more»
vocabulary words
I always hated vocabulary words, and now my son does too. But today, he's coming to me with every vocabulary word he has to write a sentence for, and I'm going bonkers!
Friday, October 21, 2005
homework assignment
http://ac5thgraderocks.blogspot.com/
This is a blog started by my friend, Anita. I'm looking forward to seeing what the kids have to say.
This is a blog started by my friend, Anita. I'm looking forward to seeing what the kids have to say.
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