I've been forcefully denouncing libertarianism for a few years now. It took me some time to connect the dots--and let ...

Here is how one 21-year-old Texas woman reportedly thinks we should solve poverty in America: Give welfare ...

On Earth Day, surely it's more than just about prices, right? But prices are what gets people's attention, and rising ...

The following is excerpted from messages I exchanged with an acquaintance who calls herself a 'Constitutionalist:' When I hear "Constitutionalist," it ...

The Energy Philosopher Episode 2: All thermal power plants require generous amounts of water, and become less efficient in hot weather. ...

I've started a new YouTube channel called The Energy Philosopher where I'll be posting short video segments discussing ...

I know it seems repetitive to keep talking about the climate, but until the dismal US Gallup climate numbers ...

The world remains mired in blind indifference to a primal scream emanating from our future. If we could hear it, ...

LED Lighting Guide: The Death of the Light Bulb The incandescent lamp should be called the "heat bulb" not light bulb, since it is capable of a maximum 10% efficiency, ...

[The human] moral sense licenses aggression against others as a way to prevent or punish immoral acts. That is fine ...

Guest post by John Hickman: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is rarely subtle but there was an important subtext to ...

The Old Man And The Cartoon by J.P. Christiansen Once upon a time, in a country small, up north, near close to sea and ...

If there was any doubt about the abject inadequacy of the conservative psyche to face modern life, the airport scanner ...

In the grand scheme of American politics, the gay marriage issue seems like it should really be a footnote. It ...

It's almost as if some people wish the Cold War had never ended. There was something attractive about the ...

America's got to end its deadly devotion to democracy via Christian Science Monitor Democracy is a messy business, even in wealthy countries. One look at the Tea Party demonstrations proves ...

Apparently emboldened by the success of Prop. 8, it seems California religious nutters are now gathering signatures to put an initiative to ban divorce on the ballot in 2010. I still can't ...

"You lie!" shouted Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) at President Obama, in what Bill Maher compared to an episode of Tourette ...

A few weeks back a friend of mine on Facebook asked me to fill out a questionnaire of "50 things ...

More on Human Nature, and the Free-Rider Problem "Why are people such assholes?" Someone asked me the other day. I replied, "Because ...

It's really nice to be able to discuss disagreements about political philosophy without being called a liar, lunatic, thief ...

The right is in a holy froth because President Obama laughed at a joke by Wanda Sykes saying she hoped Rush Limbaugh's kidneys would fail. Drudge immediately picked up the ...

The New York Times (!) just ran an article called More Atheists Shout It From The Rooftops. The Los Angeles ...

A survey out last week from the Pew Research Center shows declining perceptions of necessity for a variety of household ...

R Donaldson - February 2009 Water, Water It is most of what our bodies are made of, in some way included in ...