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Preferred Female Body Proportions Among Child-Free Men 27 Aug 2013 | 06:21 pm
“Did you see her? Just my kind of adequate gluteofemoral fat stores!” “No way, man. The kind of reproduction-related attractiveness cues I go for are located further north. I likes ‘em of small renow...
Visualization Of Biblical Cross References And Supposed Contradictions 26 Aug 2013 | 06:58 pm
Chris Harris created some pretty graphics showing Biblical cross references and other such things. Below is the main result: The bar graph that runs along the bottom represents all of the chapters in...
On The College Bubble 25 Aug 2013 | 07:57 pm
Must-reading from the Wall Street Journal. Richard Vedder: “The Real Reason College Costs So Much. The expert on the economics of higher education explains how subsidies fuel rising prices and why the...
Genre Fiction—Guest Post by D.B. 24 Aug 2013 | 07:35 pm
“Nobody understands me.” “I have a confession to make,” said Jayden. “You won’t like it.” Abby slowed to a stop, her limbs not responding. She knew this was coming. Something that was not pain but f...
The Genetic Fallacy: He Works For An Oil Company! 23 Aug 2013 | 03:47 pm
The COMT gene “for” altruism is mighty selfish. This post originally appeared on 17 April 2013. Readers are invited to suggest other fallacies they would like covered. The genetic fallacy is committ...
Loome Theological Booksellers 22 Aug 2013 | 07:40 pm
Have you been yet to Loome Theological Booksellers? Today’s the day. I learnt of this place from Brandon Vogt’s piece, Why Catholic Books Still Matter: An Interview with Christopher Hagen. See espec...
Too Damn Sure: The Epidemiologist Fallacy 21 Aug 2013 | 06:38 pm
My peers are also epidemiologists. This is a modified, shortened chapter from my upcoming book Too Damn Sure. At least, I hope it’s forthcoming. Introduction Marchmain Pharmaceuticals distributes p...
The Pearl of Great Price–Pascal’s Wager Revisited: Guest Post by Bob Kurland 20 Aug 2013 | 06:49 pm
Blaise Pascal Bob Kurland is a self-described “retired, cranky, old physicist” and convert to Catholicism. He blogs at Reflections of a Catholic Scientist, where this piece first appeared. Again, th...
On The Battlements Of Culture 19 Aug 2013 | 07:46 pm
Artist reconstruction of Spack’s gender reassignment procedure. Chick-Fil-A should be put out of business, the owners of its franchises stripped of all assets, and all its employees thrown in the str...
Bioethicist Calls Unborn “Innocent Aggressors” 18 Aug 2013 | 06:16 pm
Charles C. Camosy Introduction Charles C. Camosy1 is a bioethicist—readers should know that Yours Truly is also one of these creatures (self certified)—and Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics at...
