Daily Archives: June 18, 2010

Try Something New This Weekend

Don’t be afraid. How about learning to paint?

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Nathan Baca: What Journalism (Should) Look Like

Sharon Angle wants to be a U.S. Senator, but she’s doing a Sarah Palin, studiously avoiding the national media. But below is Nathan Baca, a real journalist, doing what journalists are supposed to do: ask tough questions. What a great affirmation of … Continue reading

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Republican Cognitive Dissonance and Rep. Joe Barton’s Apology to BP

At Salon today, Gabriel Winant asks a good question: The right hand of the GOP plays a waltz for the party’s dance with big business; the left hand beats out a populist rhythm. Somehow, the two don’t cancel each other … Continue reading

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Monism, free will, and atheist cognitive dissonance

Imagine an atheist who believes—against religious dualism—that there is one world, not two, and that it runs on determinate physics (or on perfect quantum probabilistic randomness, which amounts to the same thing). Now also imagine that he (or she) believes in free … Continue reading

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