The Political Inquirer

Brian LePort has arranged for two of his friends to begin a “debate” next week on atheism, theism, and their respective roles in society and government. If everything goes well, the questions and arguments will be posted here next week and should stir some interesting debate.

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We, as mortals with short life spans, would not even be concerned about the origins of life, except the evolutionists wish to use their [...]

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The clearcut obvious solution to the evolution vs. intelligent design debate is let people form their own schools with their own curriculum! If people were allowed to choose the kind of education they wanted their kid to have then we wouldn’t have to worry about this silly debate.
But, some may object, and say, “But if [...]

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This would mean global temperatures have not risen since 1998, prompting some to question climate change theory.But experts say we are still clearly in a long-term warming trend - and they forecast a new record high temperature within five years.

It appears the BBC’s report shows some conflicts with global warming theory.

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Physics. It’s what I studied in college, though it’s a subject that makes most people cringe whenever I mention it. Since I’m still interested in the subject, I routinely browse scientific articles on the web. So, when I came across an article in Newsweek about the search for the elusive Higgs Boson, [...]

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Security and safety or privacy breach?
Britain makes a camera that “sees” through garments and clothing.
The idea is great. There is no doubt that the streets are unsafe and many urban regions and criminals thrive while innocents strive. There are many dangerous people in the world, some of them I know. Britain, I presume, will accept [...]

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(AP) — A vast array of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones — have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows.
To be sure, [...]

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Were the field of clinical psychology ever to come under the dominion of conservative clinicians, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the profession’s Leviticus of mental hygienics, probably would be shorn of at least 800 of its present 886 pages (and counting).  Still, that reference work of the American Psychiatric Association would require at least one latter [...]

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An overabundance of snow has led to events being canceled in New Hampshire. Perhaps the global warming crowd should rethink their strategy. This has to be bad publicity for their agenda.
GILFORD, N.H. (AP) - Much of this week’s winter carnival in Gilford has been canceled, due to too much winter.
Parks and Recreation Director Herb Greene [...]

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The drive for being ‘green’, especially for using renewable resources, often forgets that nothing operates in a vacuum.  Low-energy fluorescent lightbulbs contain mercury and become a toxic waste nightmare.  Wind farms slaughter birds by the thousands.  The batteries used in that Prius assure that the supposed ‘green’ car is actually more environmentally damaging than a Hummer.  [...]

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Thanks to David Kirby for posting this today. It is a copy of the US Government concession filed in a vaccine-autism case from last year. Names are redacted for privacy purposes.

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The Nation, a conservative, Canadian newspaper ran an article on Monday entitled, “Forget Global Warming: Welcome to the New Ice Age”.  The author, Lorne Gunter, argues that new data from the US National Climactic Data Center is evidence for global cooling, something we haven’t talked about since the 70’s.
Gunter cites various bits of evidence for his theory, and [...]

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