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An Alternative (Humanist) Invocation
A few weeks ago, after it was learned that Barack Obama had chosen mega-church pastor, schlocky self-help guru and homophobic bigot Rick Warren to give the Inaugural Invocation, many of us liberal types were shocked and outraged. Obama had run a campaign based on hope. Hope for change, hope for a better world. Yet he ...
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An interview with the Phoenix Mars Lander
Note: This interview originally appeared on my previous blog, Neural Gourmet. It’s really amazing who, and what, you’ll run across on the social networking site Facebook these days. For instance, a couple of months ago I became friends with the Phoenix Mars Lander. Phoenix, as you might know, is a robotic spacecraft that has ...
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Moondust Memories
If you don’t read NASA Science News regularly, then you’re missing out. Sure, they routinely post the same old recycled astronomy content about eclipses, equinoxes and such but it is a daily thing and that’s got to be hard to find new stuff all the time. Goodness knows I’m sure not able to do that. ...