"Mad Mike" Williamson is an interesting character, a guy whose books I have enjoyed, as well as his dissections of gun control freaks. That said, there are times when his more liberal and athiest tendencies show, and no more than in his recent "Reproductive Health Actually is What it Says" [http://www.michaelzwilliamson.com/blog/index.php?itemid=481]. To get a few things out of the way - I am very sorry for what happened to his mother, and nearly happened to his wife. I am profoundly happy that…
Over at the Economist they ask the question of "What explains America's mysterious baby bust?" [http://archive.is/kzqwF]. Immediately under the headline they note "Hispanic Americans are having fewer babies, as are city-dwellers". You don't say? For example, they observe: > The fertility rate has fallen more sharply in large cities than in smaller cities or rural areas (see chart 2). Then immediately try to explain it as follows: > Rents and prices have soared, making it harder to afford a…
The Mountain that writes has written once again, this time on the topic of a stupid Senator who was "joking" about nuking American citizens [http://monsterhunternation.com/2018/11/19/the-2nd-amendment-is-obsolete-says-congressman-who-wants-to-nuke-omaha/] , and the memes that followed. > Of course the congressman is now saying that using nuclear weapons on American gun owners was an exaggeration, he just wanted to rhetorically demonstrate that the all-powerful government could crush us peasants…
As we approach a holiday centered around cooking, a few more ladies are in the kitchen. > View this post on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BqNa3hrHyTF/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_medium=loading] A post shared by Sara Underwood (@saraunderwood) [https://www.instagram.com/p/BqNa3hrHyTF/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_medium=loading] on Nov 15, 2018 at 9:39am PST > View this post on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BqAfBicnuXj/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_medium=loading] A post shared by Sara…
And it's a good thing. I posted this Black Pidgeon Speaks video as an addendum to a recent post: Interestingly, I also recently stumbled into - more breathlessly told about - a book called "The Alphabet Versus the Goddess [https://www.amazon.com/Alphabet-Versus-Goddess-Conflict-Between/dp/0140196013]: The Conflict Between Word and Image". From the description: > This groundbreaking book proposes that the rise of alphabetic literacy reconfigured the human brain and brought about profound chang…