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Friday (08.12)
'Cost in Space'

NASA is set to launch $720 million tax-payers dollars into space. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter will orbit the red planet in preparation for a manned mission. Wednesday, President Bush signed a highway bill which includes $231 million for a bridge to serve an Alaskan island populated by fifty (that's 5-0) people! I can think of a lot better uses for nearly $100 million.
- Click here for a spaced-out idea

Thursday (08.11)
'crank' heads and head colds

Meth is certainly a dangerous drug (see before and after pics), but why target law-abiding cold sufferers? Read the shocking confession of my drug trafficking:
- Click here [new]

Wednesday (08.10)
the 'empty nest' syndrome

Many parents are sending their children (excuse me, young adults) off to the first year of college this summer. Having been through the trauma twice . . .
- some thoughts
- some more thoughts

Tuesday (08.09)
sex is like duct tape

I love this analogy! In Ask Me Anything: Provocative Answers for College Students, University of Texas professor J. Budziszewski claims sexuality is like duct tape. The first time you use it, it creates a bond to whomever it touches. However, the more you rip it off and try to re-stick it to someone else, the less sticky it becomes. Budziszewski writes, "You just don't stick anymore, your sexual partners seem like strangers, and you stop feeling anything."
- Here are some of my thoughts on human sexuality

Monday (08.08)
virtual 'school supplies'

Ready for school? Here are some articles and columns to stuff in you back pack:
- Are you absolutely sure there are no absolutes?
- Does DNA disprove evolution?
- Falling in love—and getting back up
- How safe is 'responsible drinking'?

- How safe is 'safe sex'?
- The pledge to the flag flap
- School shootings: you're more likely to be killed by lightning
- Sex Ed: it's us or the bus!
- Should the Ten Commandments be displayed in public schools?

Sunday (08.07 11 pm EST)
broadcasting career up in smoke

The untimely death of long-time TV anchor Peter Jennings to lung cancer is a newsworthy reminder of the dangers of smoking. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and colleagues.
- Click here for details of dangers

Sunday (08.07)
strong words = weak argument

Here's my theory: the stronger the words, the weaker the argument. Case in point was Friday's PBS's piece on intelligent design. Evolution spokesperson and physicist, Lawrence Krauss, called intelligent design, and I quote, "really irrelevant," "just ridiculous," "a marginal notion," that's "ludicrous." Meanwhile intelligent design advocate and microbiologist, Michael Behe, didn't resort to name calling but calmly made the case that the "simple cell" is far too complex to have evolved all by itself.
- Click here for more of Behe's argument
- Over 400 scientists believe "Darwinian evotion is deficient"

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