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Blessed are the Ignorant: Rick Santorum Adds a Beatitude to the Sermon on the Mount
“Blessed are ye who lack degrees, for such is the Party of God.” And they applauded. What manner of man is this? _____ “But woe unto those that are educated, for they art snobs.” Here’s a transcript of Rick Santorum’s exact … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, college, education, Harvard, Jesus, rick santorum, rush limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Sermon on the Mount, snobs, UCLA, university
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Six years later, I collapse (my defenses) and listen to Jared Diamond present the broad outlines of his book, “Collapse” (Viking 2004)
Back in December of 2004, when Jared Diamond’s Collapse came out, I decided that I wouldn’t buy it. I simply didn’t want a Paul Ehrlich-1970s-style-downer book about the environment marring my otherwise sunny disposition. I’m not brave Oedipus: I don’t necessarily … Continue reading
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Tagged America, collapse, conservatism, consumerism, ecology, green movement, Greenpeace, jared diamond, life, the environment, UCLA, vegetarianism
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Creation vs. Evolution Watch: A Trojan Horse at UCLA?
This past week a group of Evangelicals came onto the UCLA campus in Westwood and gave away 2000 free copies of Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species (1859). But, as usual, there is a catch to such things. The edition of … Continue reading
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Tagged atheist, creationism, evolution, Genesis, God, intelligent design, Jesus, New Atheists, PZ Myers, Richard Dawkins, trojan horse, UCLA
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Bad News for Democrats
When the midterm elections hit in the Fall of 2010, it’s probably not likely that the unemployment picture will look all that much better than it does today (at least if a Wall Street Journal panel of economists’ forecasting is in … Continue reading
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Tagged Democrats, depression 2.0, economics, economy, Politics, recession, Republicans, rush limbaugh, UCLA, unemployment
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On Saturday, I Saw Chris Hedges, One of My Favorite Authors, at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
I admit it. If Chris Hedges had a fan club, and sent its members David Cassidy-like studio photos and groovy stickers for your school folders, I’d join it. And on Saturday, at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at UCLA, he … Continue reading
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Tagged atheist, Chris Hedges, George Bush, philosophy, Politics, progressive, religion, terrorism, truthdig, UCLA, war, War on Terror
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“Let’s Go to Lunch?”: A YouTube Video by Santi Tafarella
Okay, I’m addicted to making YouTube videos now. Here’s my third attempt. A college student, on hearing a passing ambulence, expresses existential angst to another college student, who, in the midst of her angst, adds to it by inviting her … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Camus, ambulences, Camus, death, existentialism, life, lunch, philosophy, Sartre, the absurd, UCLA, university
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Bearing Witness to the Holocaust: A German Jewish Girl Who Was Part of the Kindertransport (1939)
This German Jewish girl (age 7) was part of the Kindertransport that, in 1939, got 10,000 Jewish children out of Nazi-controlled areas of Europe. Her name: Dorrith Oppenheim. She ended up in Scotland. Her parents died at Auschwitz in 1944. More … Continue reading
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Tagged Bishop Richard Williamson, Catholicism, Christianity, europe, Holocaust, Islam, Judaism, kindertransport, scotland, the Holocaust, UCLA, World War II
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Wall Street Apocalypse Now?
I’m not sure what to make of this, but it appears that at least some “people-in-the-know” on Wall Street are getting spooked—survivalist-style spooked. I suppose that, without credit moving through the system, that supply lines of goods and services could … Continue reading
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Tagged America, apocalypse now, dustbowl, economics, economy, Great Depression 2.0, hedge funds, UCLA, wall street
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Bearing Witness to the Holocaust: Mass Grave at Bergen-Belsen, May, 1945
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Tagged 1945, bergen-belsen, fascism, Hitler, Holocaust, industrial production, mussolini, poland, the Holocaust, UCLA
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Bearing Witness to the Holocaust: Dachau, 1945
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