'Society' Archive
January 18th, 2012 / Current Affairs, Society /
I've been forcefully denouncing libertarianism for a few years now. It took me some time to connect the dots--and let ...
January 7th, 2012 / Bigotry, Current Affairs, Society /
Here is how one 21-year-old Texas woman reportedly thinks we should solve poverty in America:
Give welfare ...
December 16th, 2009 / Critical Thought, Energy Transition, Psychology, Society /
"How can we ever agree, Like the rest of the world, We grow farther apart.
I swear you don't listen to ...
September 12th, 2009 / Bigotry, Current Affairs, Society, Stupid Things /
"You lie!" shouted Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) at President Obama, in what Bill Maher compared to an episode of Tourette ...
August 22nd, 2009 / Current Affairs, Energy Transition, Society /
More on Human Nature, and the Free-Rider Problem
"Why are people such assholes?" Someone asked me the other day.
I replied, "Because ...
August 20th, 2009 / Current Affairs, Singularity, Society /
It's really nice to be able to discuss disagreements about political philosophy without being called a liar, lunatic, thief ...
June 2nd, 2009 / Newswire, Religion Inspired Murders, Society /
Frankly, I am disturbed by late-term abortions. As I wrote several years ago (previous article "The Question of Sentience"), I think it's entirely arbitrary that we draw the moral ...
February 11th, 2009 / Psychology, Society, Stupid Things /
The sky is falling. Or so it would seem, listening to the wails of outrage from frequent travelers for whom ...
August 1st, 2008 / Atheism, Current Affairs, Religion, Society /
Nothing is more basic to human liberty than the ability to designate one's choice of a partner to be recognized under the law. Nothing ...
April 14th, 2008 / Newswire, Religion, Society /
(AP) Forget about passing notes in study hall; some teens are now using their cell phones to flirt and send nude pictures of themselves. The instant text, picture and ...
March 12th, 2008 / Black Sun Shadow Awards, Newswire, Society /
Apparently in his heart of hearts, Eliot Spitzer agrees with my position that people should have the right to pay for sex. But he built a political career on locking ...
March 6th, 2008 / Atheism, Newswire, Society /
Gamophobia - fear of marriage - is a little-used term to mark a still less acknowledged concept. I hold my hands up to it, not waving but drowning under the ...
February 21st, 2008 / Drug War, Newswire, Society /
In a position paper, a leading American medical association has endorsed the medicinal use of marijuana, called for more studies of its medical uses, and urged the US government to ...
February 16th, 2008 / Future Tech, Newswire, Religion, Science, Society /
Addressing scientists Feb. 15, 2008 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Dietram Scheufele, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of life sciences communication, presented ...
January 19th, 2008 / Religion, Society /
On WorldChanging, normally a site I have a great deal of respect for, an article appeared by Erica Barnett which reeked of white liberal elitist ...
September 13th, 2007 / Newswire, Society /
Social humiliation of women who look too attractive has now spread from German buses (previous post) to U.S. planes. Southwest Airlines (which founder Herb Kelleher had ironically dubbed "the ...
August 30th, 2007 / Newswire, Society /
DOJ Targets Adult Social Networking
From the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force:
The federal government is proposing regulations that would effectively kill adult social-networking sites. This is being done under ...
August 21st, 2007 / Newswire, Religion, Society /
One in four adults say they read no books at all in the past year, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll released Tuesday. Of those who did read, women and ...
August 13th, 2007 / Film, Newswire, Religion, Religion Inspired Murders, Society /
ABUJA (Reuters) - An amateur video of a northern Nigerian film actress in a sex scene has caused a public outcry in the Muslim north, prompting a movie industry body ...
August 6th, 2007 / Newswire, Religion, Society /
BEIJING (AFP) - Tibetan living Buddhas are no longer allowed to be reincarnated without permission from the atheist Chinese government, state media reported Friday. The new rules are "an ...
August 1st, 2007 / Newswire, Science, Society /
Even though some formulas use nutrients found in breast milk, city doctors say research proves the natural way is best. "Decrease in infections, upper respiratory, ear," said ...
July 27th, 2007 / Newswire, Religion, Society /
(CBS/AP) Pharmacists have sued Washington state over a new regulation that requires them to sell emergency contraception, also known as the morning-after pill. In a lawsuit filed in federal court ...
July 27th, 2007 / Energy Transition, Newswire, Society /
Think Outside the Bottle
A new activist organization to raise awareness of worldwide water issues. From their front page:
The United Nations warns us that by 2025, two-thirds of the world’s ...
July 21st, 2007 / Newswire, Religion, Society /
AS the stories piled up, I began to pray with renewed vigor, but it felt like I wasn't connecting to God. I started to feel silly even trying. ...
July 19th, 2007 / Newswire, Religion, Society /
Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry has ordered the controversial religious police in the conservative Wahhabi kingdom to stop detaining or interrogating citizens suspected of violating Islamic law. The decree comes as ...