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Mike Dunford was a graduate student in the Department of Zoology at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, where he studied evolution. Life as an army spouse has since moved him on to Pensacola, where he's currently trying to figure out what to do next. While he's doing that, he writes stuff here, although not usually in the third person. He's also a contributer to The Pandas Thumb. As is the case with everyone else here, his opinions are his own, and do not necessarily represent those of any organization he is affiliated with.
July 31, 2007
Rudy Giuliani just announced his health care plan. It's not a winner. Of course, Rudy being Rudy, he couldn't just announce what his ideas are without any preparation. First, he had to warm up by spending a day or...
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Go read what Wilkins has to say about the "soft on terrorism" accusations that get thrown around so casually today. He's an Australian writing about a situation in Australia, but everything he said certainly applies here in the US....
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July 29, 2007
Over at Dispatches from the Culture Wars, Ed Brayton just highlighted a new, dishonest, and despicable attempt at spinning the casualty figures from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. This new spin is simple: military deaths under Bush aren't...
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July 26, 2007
Yesterday, my wife and I were talking about current events over dinner. Part of the discussion got a little bit...interesting: Me: "It looks like some of the families at Fort Lewis are upset with the post CG [commanding general]....
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July 25, 2007
I've been looking at the Ward Churchill case more than I expected. It might be because of the delicious irony involved. Churchill's misconduct was discovered, after all, as a result of the public hue and cry that came after one of his essays came to light - an essay that Churchill had titled, "On the Justice of Roosting Chickens."
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I'm now living in a state where the Governor thinks that a creationist is just who we need running the schools. Absolutely wonderful. I'd say more, but the Bad Astronomer did a much better job....
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A few of you might remember Ward Churchill. He's the University of Colorado professor who caused a stink a few years ago with an essay that compared 9/11 victims in the World Trade Center to Nazis. His remarks generated...
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July 23, 2007
The decision that the Interior department has made here is disturbing. Reviewing these ten decisions is certainly a good thing - particularly for the involved species. Unfortunately, the documents that FWS has made available to justify this decision show that while they might have finally set some limit on the degree to which they are willing to let political appointees interfere in Endangered Species Act determinations, it's not much of a limit.
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July 19, 2007
It's rare that I think one of these test results really fits me, but I'm afraid this one does. Your Score: Smartass You are 85% Rational, 57% Extroverted, 57% Brutal, and 71% Arrogant. You are the Smartass! You are rational,...
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It's another day, and Casey "The Energizer Bunny" Luskin is at it again, claiming that ID successfully predicted that "junk DNA" would be found to have a function. He has yet to explain how and why he believes that...
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