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  • The Significance of the Fall

    by Jason Stotts As the United States continues its descent into socialism, I’d like to take a minute and remind everyone about the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall (11/9/09).  For those who don’t know (and I sincerely hope this is a null class), the Berlin Wall was the wall that separated…

  • XKCD Waxes Philosophical

    by Jason Stotts XKCD is the best webcomic out there.  If you have never checked it out, do it now! Personally, I’m not familiar with the contemporary personhood debates, but the analogical Lego argument seems convincing.

  • Interracial Couple Denied Marriage License (Update)

    by Jason Stotts (Originally Published 10/15/09) The Associated Press is reporting (article) that an interracial couple has been denied a marriage license in Louisiana.  No, not in the 1940’s, this very year! NEW ORLEANS – A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern…

  • CollegeHumor

    by Jason Stotts I’ve been going to CollegeHumor.com for a long time now and I’ve always thought they had really funny videos. Recently, however, they seem to have raised the bar on their works and I’m enjoying it more than I used to. Here’s some of my recent favorites : 1. Wrong Hole Song –…

  • Religulous

    by Jason Stotts I have been meaning to see the movie Religulous for quite some time now, but I never got around to it. I was partly put off by so many people tell me that it wasn’t a good movie and that it didn’t have much content: that it was just Bill Maher making…

  • Seminal Plasma Hypersensitivity

    by Jason Stotts Seminal plasma hypersensitivity (SPH) is probably not a term you may have heard of before, but 20,000 to 40,000 women are affected by it in the US alone. It is effectively an allergy that causes all of the usual allergic side effects like hives, swelling, and potentially death. The trigger is specific…

  • Health Care Rankings

    by Jason Stotts Amidst all of the calls for healthcare “reform” (i.e. Federal take-over), you frequently hear people say that the quality of care in the US lags behind many other countries.  A recent Wall Street Journal article begs to differ. The article points out that the study on which the ranking is based is…

  • Prepare for War

    by Jason Stotts (Source: Wiki-Commons) In handguns, one of the most common rounds is the 9mm parabellum (9x19mm or 9mm Luger).  What is interesting about this is that the latin appendage “parabellum” means “prepare for war” from the latin phrase “si vis pacem, para bellum,” which means “if you want peace, prepare for war.” I…