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July 1, 2008
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Bernard Weiner:
NEW: The Coming Attack on Iran: A Perfect Storm of Madness. It sure looks like it's a go. Cheney will get his war. And all hell will break loose as Bush and Cheney make a move on their "legacy": democracy and free-market capitalism lighting up the Greater Middle East. But who will drop the bombs, and when?
REPRISE: Rove's Diary: Just Try to Stop Me, Coppers! "Since the Democrats don't have the balls to impeach us, or cut off funding for the Iraq War, that means they're still scared and therefore easily rollable... Impeachment 'off the table'? Thank you, Madame Speaker. You've just let us pass Go as often as we like, collect the $200 each time, and hang onto a permanent Get Out of Jail card." (First published August 7, 2007)
Ernest Partridge:
"That's Just Your Opinion." Political arguments are not created equal, and do not all have equal merit. Even less so, political rants and diatribes. There are many objective criteria with which an unbiased spectator might judge whether or not an argument is strong or weak, and whether a position is well or poorly defended. Here, briefly, are just a few such criteria.
REPRISE: Is Science Just Another Dogma? There are a few fundamental features of scientific activity that most observers of science will accept, and which the ordinary non-scientific citizen might readily understand. They are also features that set science distinctively apart from non-scientific truth claims. I discuss just seven of these features. (From July 6, 2002. See also: The Right to Know: Propaganda and the Media ).
June 3, 2008
Ernest Partridge's Blog: A farewell tribute to an old friend, Bruce "Utah" Phillips: pacifist, activist, poet, folklorist, and song writer.Bernard Weiner's Blog: The Holding-One's-Nose-While-Voting Dilemma. In November, should progressives who aren't enamored of the Dem nominee swallow hard and vote for that candidate -- because s/he isn't McCain -- or should progressives vote for Nader or McKinney or Gravel? In a heated exchange of letters, here is an updated version of the every-four-year dilemma. Hold your nose or go for more political purity? (April 15, 2008)
