Daily Archives: October 13, 2009

Why Fight for Gay Rights?

Because love is worth it. A moving affirmation of human freedom and autonomy by Lt. Dan Choi: We have a Democratic president. We have a Democratic House of Representatives. We have a Democratic Senate. Why the stalling? When will “don’t … Continue reading

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I Like This Matt Stone and Trey Parker Introduction to Alan Watts

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PZ Myers and Albert Camus: Two Very Different Kinds of Atheists Inhabiting Two Very Different Kinds of Atheism?

I think that atheism, especially at its most strident, is capable of choking its own life energies by nihilistically clearing the “ground of being” of any larger meaning, and then killing off the ontological mystery by not going to imaginative literature … Continue reading

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Hoorah! America Loses the Olympics! And Boo! An American President Wins the Nobel Prize!

Eh, I thought right wingers wanted America to succeed. Viva la morte?

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Entry Level Shout Radio Job Openings: Only Malignant Narcissists Need Apply?

In the Wikipedia article on “malignant narcissism” (a phrase coined by Erich Fromm in 1964), the list of symptoms associated with it struck me as rather parallel to the traits that you tend to encounter when dialing into right-wing shout … Continue reading

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The Narcissistic Abyss

No, not blogging. This:

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The Last Cancer Generation?

Yesterday, when I walked into a class of (mostly) 20 year olds all staring back at me, I had a thought: this may be the last cancer generation. 80% of all cancers are diagnosed in people after the age of fifty, … Continue reading

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