Posted on October 23, 2007 by Skeptigator
Ok I didn’t make it very far through this book (more Brain Food) before I felt compelled to post again…
Michael and Edward Buckner have an essay titled, The US Is a Free Country, Not a Christian Nation. Man… are they on it or what? The essay begins by putting forward the following structure for their [...]
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Posted on October 19, 2007 by Skeptigator
I know I’m late to the game here but thought I would do my part. I am also reprinting Quackometer’s original post in full and uncensored. Read more on why I feel compelled to do so at Orac’s blog.
The Gentle Art of Homeopathic Killing
By The Quackometer
The Society of Homeopaths (SoH) are a shambles and a [...]
Filed under: Health, Internet, Law | Tagged: abha light foundation, david colquhoun, homeopathy, julia m wilson, kenya, malaria, malariaX, orac, simon singh | 2 Comments »
Posted on May 31, 2007 by Skeptigator
The autism-vaccine connection is going to the U.S. Federal Claims court in which 4800 parents are claiming that they governments vaccination program caused their childrens autism. Read about it further at Slate, Thimerosal on Trial.
Here is some further reading from Steven Novella, MD of the New England Skeptics Society and Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe [...]
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Posted on April 26, 2007 by Skeptigator
Quick entry from Scientific Activist on the recent ruling by SCOTUS upholding the “partial-birth abortion” ban.
Technorati Skeptic
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Posted on March 13, 2007 by Skeptigator
I have previously posted some wrap ups from the TED conference. Here are day 3 and 4
Day 3 wrap up including JJ Abrams and Jeff Skoll.
Day 4 wrap up including Richard Branson
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Posted on March 4, 2007 by Skeptigator
Christian Science Monitor has an article entitled, Supreme Court takes up church-state case. I think the subtitle of this article says it all. “A Wisconsin group says the president’s faith-based initiative is illegal. But can taxpayers sue the government over funding?”
[Edit: Here's a follow up article, Justices Weigh Right to Sue Over Church-State Separation, detailing [...]
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Posted on February 21, 2007 by Skeptigator
The folks at Secular Coalition of America will be rallying outside the Supreme Court on Feb. 28th in support of the Freedom from Religion Foundation and their challenge regarding the preferential treatment that the President’s Office of Faith-based Initiatives is receiving. Lori Lipman Brown was recently interviewed by Derek and Swoopy at Skepticality while attending [...]
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