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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.
August 31, 2009
Category: Religion
Judging by the comments, it would appear that I wasn't as clear in my last post as I should have been. I apologize. Let me try again. Here's what PZ wrote: I think I'd have a few questions for...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 2:11 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 30, 2009
Category: Religion
PZ Myers is upset - and rightly so - at something that Pope Benedict XVI said in a speech he gave at Wednesday's General Audience. The Pope, while speaking on the topic of environmentalism, suggested that disrespect for the...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 3:34 PM • 45 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 26, 2009
Category: Iraq and the Military
PZ called my attention to the fact that former US Army 2nd Lieutenant William Calley has, for the first time, publicly apologized for his conduct at My Lai. Something that Paul wrote got me thinking, particularly while I was...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 11:02 AM • 13 Comments •
August 25, 2009
Category: Misc
I don't know if it's me, or if it's really becoming harder and harder to figure out what is actually a right-wing rant and what's satire. Case in point: an anti-Steven-Colbert rant written by someone who bills himself as,...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 12:38 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 18, 2009
Category: From the Right
Last week, you might remember, he claimed that health care proponents want to kill off the old because we're evolutionists. This week, we're Hitler:
Posted by Mike Dunford at 11:51 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Medicine
If you're poor, sick, and can't afford good - or even adequate - health care, it's your own fault for being poor, and your own problem. That's the clear message of an editorial that appeared on the National Review's...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 9:41 AM • 25 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 14, 2009
Category: Bipartisan
If you're holding out any hope that Harry Reid might actually be concealing - deep, deep down - an untapped well of leadership potential, it's probably because you haven't seen this story yet: The Senate Finance Committee will drop...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 9:37 AM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 11, 2009
Category: Flaming Small-Minded Stupidity
Why, exactly, do Democrats want to kill the elderly with their health care? It's a question that's baffled billions since at least last week. Politicians, philosophers, theologians, and comedians have all been at a loss to explain the motivation...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 9:07 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 7, 2009
Category: Geology
A friend just pointed me to this... illuminating bit of polling data on the Daily Kos website: QUESTION: Do you believe that America and Africa were once part of the same continent? 24% of Republican respondents answered "yes". 47%...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 12:56 PM • 17 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Religion
Earlier this week, the Des Moines bus system abruptly removed ads from their vehicles that had been purchased by an atheist group. The bus system had received numerous calls and complaints, and apparently some people actually refused to ride...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 10:27 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
