Monthly Archives: January 2014

Link Dump: Sites and Resources

Posted on 25 January 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

I’m going through a whole bunch of links that I’ve bookmarked over the past couple years — some of which I should link as ‘resources’ in my right sidebar, perhaps — but for now will note in this post. Sites: … Continue reading →

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Further On Up the Road

Posted on 25 January 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

Last night’s favorite song, actually, still listening to Springsteen’s The Rising.

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Fundamentalist Curricula

Posted on 24 January 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

An essay posted both at Alternet and Salon this week; I’m a High School Atheist Going to Christian School That Uses a Curriculum Written by Fundamentalists; both posts subtitled the article “If teaching ‘God’s point of view’ requires blatant mistruths, … Continue reading →

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Are Some Folks Beyond Rational Thinking?

Posted on 24 January 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

A classic post from Alternet that popped up in my Fb feed today for some reason — Human Stupidity Is Destroying the World. Do you believe in angels? Forty-five percent of Americans do. In fact, roughly 48 percent – Republicans … Continue reading →

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A-Unicornist

Posted on 20 January 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

There are dozens or hundreds of blogs on the web to reflect any interest, and there is only so much time in the day to keep up on any set of them. So my bookmarked list of sites to check … Continue reading →

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Deciding What Is True

Posted on 20 January 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

First [reposted from my Facebook page], a fascinating article in The Atlantic (via Andrew Sullivan) about how Rush Limbaugh decides what is true. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/01/how-rush-limbaugh-decides-what-is-true/283078/ Essentially, if someone is a conservative (the example is Clarence Thomas), Limbaugh *knows* they are innocent … Continue reading →

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Review of Dallas Buyers Clubs

Posted on 20 January 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

[Reposted from Facebook] OK, so we finally saw Dallas Buyers Club, now that two of its actors, Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto, are not only nominated for Oscars but are favored to win. We saw the preview for this film … Continue reading →

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I Visit You in Another Dream

Posted on 16 January 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

Today’s favorite song, from Bruce Springsteen’s The Rising “I break above the waves, I feel the sun upon my face.” It’s a beautiful song, even though it’s about a terrorist suicide bomber… see here

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Vast Universe

Posted on 16 January 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

A Huffington Post by MIT physicist Max Tegmark — promoting his new book, in part — discusses the implications of recent physics that implies our universe is just one in a multiverse. That our universe is approximately described by mathematics … Continue reading →

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Homosexuality and Morality

Posted on 16 January 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

Slate’s Nathaniel Frank explores the reasoning of the Oklahoma judge who, for now, struck down the state’s gay marriage ban. Last para: What courts really mean — or should mean — in barring “moral disapproval” as the basis for laws … Continue reading →

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