Orange County, California — great weather, affluent communities, thriving businesses, the original Disneyland Resort, and a measles outbreak. By now you’ve probably heard of the Disneyland measles outbreak. As of yesterday, at least 87 cases of measles have been confirmed across…
Mike Huckabee is worried that the United States has become a “secular theocracy.” But what could that even mean? Consider the definitions of those words: secular (adjective): denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis theocracy…
Oklahoma state representative, Todd Russ (R-Cordell) has introduced House Bill 1125, an act relating to Oklahoma marriage licenses. If passed, the bill would effectively end marriage licenses for anyone other than heterosexual Christians and Jews. While the law does not explicitly specify that…
Yes, The Gun Delusion is an intentional play on Richard Dawkins’ best selling title, The God Delusion. I don’t mean to suggest the writing here is even a tenth as eloquent or compelling as that of the professor. But I do…
Everyone suffers, to some degree or another, from confirmation bias. That is: the tendency to search for, interpret, or recall information in a way that confirms one’s beliefs or hypotheses. The Wall Street Journal’s recent article, A Magician’s Best Trick:…
The tree is down and outside. There are still plenty of needles to deal with, but the majority of the annual christmas tree life-cycle is over. As I was hauling it out of the house, a familiar christmas meme kept…
I am and have always been a Michigan fan. And I am keenly aware of the Michigan and Ohio State rivalry. I’ve lived it. I’m still living it. As a kid, I quickly learned to recognize Michigan’s distinctive helmet design. I…
It’s been slightly more than a year since I last blogged about George Zimmerman, when my last Zimmerman prediction proved correct. I had predicted, “within the next five years, George Zimmerman will be arrested (or otherwise detained by authorities) again…
This is good: The Cluetrain Listicle. Very good. It’s true. The Cluetrain Listicle sets out a sequence of 121 new ideas–clues–about the Web. And about us. And how the two are related. The new clues remind us of the incredible, world changing power of…
A couple years ago, when my kids were in elementary school, I coached their school’s “Sink or Float” team for the Science Olympiad. The objective of the Sink or Float competition was straightforward: Students must demonstrate their ability to determine which objects will sink…