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Daily Archives: July 14, 2008
New Oil Dericks off the Coasts of Florida and California?: A Hint at the Kind of Answer John Muir Might Have Offered to John McCain
A posthumous quote of the American naturalist writer, John Muir, from the Sierra Club Bulletin, January, 1920: No doubt [the Redwoods] would make good lumber after passing through a sawmill, as George Washington after passing through the hands of a French … Continue reading →
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“I Have a (Republican) Dream”: A Poem by Santi Tafarella
Shimmying in the Santa Barbara sun the scaffolding of a new ocean derick rising like John McCain’s Venus, Cindy her platform Shell labeled OIL.
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The Line Between Blasphemy and Iconoclasm: Why PZ Myers Crossed It, and Why Atheists Should Take Him to Task for Doing So
The right to blaspheme religion—as well as mock irreligion—must be vigorously protected. This may seem like an uncivil statement, but it is actually the opposite. Nothing could be more corrosive to human interaction than the inability to express … Continue reading →
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Obomenon: An Image of Barack Obama Juxtaposed with Lines from Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”
Miranda in “The Tempest”: O, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in’t!
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