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A Matter of Originalism: Part 2

August 5, 2009 | By: Mr. MacIan
Filed Under: Law, Philosophy
Last month, I pointed out an interesting aspect of Judge (and soon to be Justice) Sotomayor’s defense to her statement that she “would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.” She defended [...]
August 5, 2009 | Mr. MacIan | 1 Comment

Paging Doctor Horton

July 23, 2009 | By: Mr. MacIan
Filed Under: Other
Hey, Doctor Horton: Did you unnecessarily remove anyone’s tonsils today?
July 23, 2009 | Mr. MacIan | 1 Comment

Update: Mayo Clinic Reacts To House Health Care Bill

July 22, 2009 | By: doctor horton
Filed Under: Politics
Update Tonight during President Obama’s press conference the president fielded a question about the Mayo Clinic’s reaction to the House health care bill.  Over the past two days Mayo Clinic has posted two updates to their previous statement regarding the house health care bill.  It will be interesting to see how this story plays out [...]
July 22, 2009 | doctor horton | Leave a comment

Mayo Clinic Reacts To House Health Care Bill

July 20, 2009 | By: doctor horton
Filed Under: Other, Politics
The Mayo Clinic, which has been cited and touted by President Obama as an authority as he has sought to gain credibility on the issue of health care, has put forth a policy statement regarding the current Health Care bill in congress: Although there are some positive provisions in the current House Tri-Committee bill – [...]
July 20, 2009 | doctor horton | 1 Comment

Don’t Waste Your Reading

June 20, 2009 | By: doctor horton
Filed Under: Other
I have been contemplating the idea of targeted reading over the last several years.  With so many topics to read about and such little time to read where does one start? What strategy does one employ?  How does one take hold of the DWYR philosophy (Don’t Waste Your Reading).  I recently sat down and determined [...]
June 20, 2009 | doctor horton | Leave a comment

Who Owns the US?

June 12, 2009 | By: account4steve
Filed Under: Other
Some interesting facts to drive home the point that our country is in serious financial trouble... US Assets are 1.974 Trillion with 12.178 Trillion in Liabilities or 15 cents of assets for every $1 of liability Canada has $1.5 of assets for every $1 of liability (Canada dollar) China has $740 Billion of our debt or 40% of our total assets Scary? You bet.
June 12, 2009 | account4steve | Leave a comment

How to Block Annoying Internet Ads

June 10, 2009 | By: Mr. MacIan
Filed Under: Other
I find most advertisements on the internet to be annoying. A few tactful advertisements here or there on a website would not bother me so much. However, many advertisements are not tactful, and many websites have too many ads. Can anything be done to reduce, or even eliminate, the number of advertisements one sees when [...]
June 10, 2009 | Mr. MacIan | 1 Comment

The Government is Inefficient…Get Used to It!

June 10, 2009 | By: account4steve
Filed Under: Politics
So NOW you are upset with government spending!? Seems like only a few years ago when people could care less that the GAO was writing “… it seems clear that our nation is on an imprudent and unsustainable long-term fiscal path that is getting worse with the passage of time.” Ok, so now that people [...]
June 10, 2009 | account4steve | Leave a comment

Matters of Truth Site Design

June 4, 2009 | By: Mr. MacIan
Filed Under: Other
We have been working hard on a new site design. We are not professional web designers, nor do we have the money to hire professional web developers. Thus, there are sure to be some bugs. Probably many bugs. We will squash them when we find them, but we are not likely to find them on [...]
June 4, 2009 | Mr. MacIan | Leave a comment

Piper on Twitter

June 3, 2009 | By: Mr. MacIan
Filed Under: Other
John Piper addresses whether we should use twitter, and if so, how should we use it? I find Twitter to be a kind of taunt: “Okay, truth-lover, see what you can do with 140 characters! You say your mission is to spread a passion for the supremacy of God in all things! Well, this is [...]
June 3, 2009 | Mr. MacIan | Leave a comment