Category: Philosophy

  • Himalayan Glaciers Not Melting

    by Jason Stotts The Telegraph has a new story with a new report from the journal Nature Geoscience says that not only are the Himalayan Glaciers not melting, they are actually advancing. Dr Bodo Bookhagen, Dirk Scherler and Manfred Strecker studied 286 glaciers between the Hindu Kush on the Afghan-Pakistan border to Bhutan, taking in…

  • Christianity Killing Gays Again, This Time in Uganda

    by Jason Stotts As the result of the effort of christian evangelicals spreading their anti-gay nonsense, Uganda is becoming an even less hospitable place for gays.  Last week, gays rights activist David Kato was killed in order to silence his message that homosexuality is not an abomination. On Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Kato was beaten to…

  • The Republicans are Still Our Enemies

    by Jason Stotts With all of the congratulations and celebrations yesterday that the Republicans managed to get the socialist healthcare monstrosity ruled unconstitutional, paving the way for it to go to the Supreme Court, we need to remember that although we share a common enemy in the Democrats, the Republicans are our enemy as well.…

  • Obamacare Ruled Unconstitutional in Federal Court

    by Jason Stotts Today is a wonderful day and a cause for celebration.  U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson sided with 26 states in their argument that Obama’s socialistic push for control of healthcare was unconstitutional.  He agreed that the “invidual mandate,” aka the government’s right to coerce it’s citizens to buy the things it wants…

  • House Votes to Repeal Obamacare

    by Jason Stotts In a welcome, but mostly symbolic, move, the US House has passed a measure repealing Obamacare.  I am certainly pleased that this happened, since Obamacare is the biggest push towards socialism since the New Deal and the most radical denial of individual rights yet, but I can’t help but to be somewhat…

  • Anti-Conceptual Mentality in Action

    by Jason Stotts I don’t usually talk about myself on my blog, because this blog is about ideas and not its author.  I also don’t usually talk about my part time job, because I’m not exactly proud of it.  However, something happened yesterday that was so funny I can’t help but to relate it to…

  • HIV Cure?

    by Jason Stotts The Huffington Post is reporting that a man who underwent stem cell treatment for leukemia has had his HIV cured as a result: Doctors believe an HIV-positive man who underwent a stem cell transplant has been cured as a result of the procedure. Timothy Ray Brown, also known as the “Berlin Patient,”…

  • DADT On Its Way Out

    by Jason Stotts The Senate today voted 65-31 to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT), the policy that banned openly gay members of armed services.  This is great news and they need to speed this process along and make it official. WASHINGTON — The Senate on Saturday voted to strike down the ban on gay…