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- an opinion piece Does quantum mechanics rule out free will?
- Food and eating A great blog by my friend, Dr. Deanna Minich. Let’s think about what we’re eating!
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- Nutrition Unplugged An interesting blog about nutrition; the author’s a registered dietitian and mom who works for a PR firm in Chicago.
- Pearls Before Swine Stephan Pastis is a cartoonist (his cartoon is the name of his blog) whose sense of humor clicks with me. I also know his uncle (also named Steve).
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Monthly Archives: August 2017
Eclipses, buckets lists and mortality.
The Bucket List is a movie with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, with Nicholson playing an extremely wealthy (mostly retired) businessman who’s pretty much a total jerk, and Freeman is a middle-class man who finds himself in the next hospital … Continue reading
What is the source of law?
Roy Moore is a former Chief Justice for the Alabama Supreme Court who is currently running for office for the US Senate; specifically for the seat vacated by Jeff Sessions when he was tapped by Trump to be his new … Continue reading
Should morality determine legality?
In my last couple of posts I talked about the legalization of marijuana throughout the country as it is already in more than half of the states (I think it would be a good thing). That got me thinking about … Continue reading
Drugs, booze and personal choice (part 2)
In my last post I made a case for legalizing marijuana use across the country, as it already is in 26 states including my own. I think we’re being hypocritical as a society in making that particular activity a crime while … Continue reading
Salisbury, the Magna Carta and lawmaking today
A couple of months ago Cathy and I vacationed in Southwestern England. Our in-laws (Cathy’s sister Nancy, her husband Dan and their son Conner) joined us there, largely because Nancy had traced the family ancestry to some small towns there … Continue reading →