Archives for the 'philosophy' Category
“Why don’t you run for office?”
When Politically Incorrect host Bill Maher was asked–after being sacked by ABC in 2002–why he doesn’t run for political office he made the following observation. I agree with nearly everything in this statement and often feel ostracized for having these opinions. What, I ask, is so radical about independent thought and questioning conventional […]
The Playboy Philosophy
brentdanley
Kirsten and I compiled the eighteen chapters of The Playboy Philosophy from Playboy.com into Portable Document Format (PDF) for your convenience. I hope Hef doesn’t mind.
Download it here.
Hugh Hefner began writing The Playboy Philosophy in 1962 at the beginning of the sexual revolution. Each chapter of The Playboy Philosophy was printed in an […]
Book Review: Breaking the Spell
Daniel Dennett is a Tufts University professor and a great writer. He also summers in Maine which gives him extra points in my book. Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon is a book written by a philosopher to the pious. He doesn’t actually answer the big questions or make […]
Book Review: God: The Failed Hypothesis
The monotheistic Judeo-Christian-Islamic god is not a theory, it is a hypothesis. Victor Stenger subjects this hypothesis to scientific scrutiny and shows, once again, how it fails the tests. I enjoyed this book.
It is, admittedly, written to the pious and not those of us in the proverbial choir. I was familiar with […]
Book Review: The Varieties of Scientific Experience
Carl Sagan’s new book, The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God, is easily one of my favorite books. Dr. Sagan’s description of the cosmos opened up for me an interest I will undoubtedly cherish for the rest of my life. He describes nebulae, star formation, comets, galaxies, […]
Separation of Church and State
John F. Kennedy was concerned about his Catholicism becoming a campaign issue. No Catholic before him had ever been elected president. Below is an excerpt from a speech he gave in which he attempted to assure the American people that his decisions as president would not be influenced by his religious beliefs or […]
TED
I watched an interview of James Randi today on a Bullshit! DVD that came in from Netflix. I had seen Mr. Randi’s picture yesterday while reading the current issue of Skeptic. This lead me to the Skeptic website where I discovered TED. TED–Technology Entertainment Design–is a four day event each year in […]
Puritanical Fear Mongerers
I ran across an interesting blog post about the recent scare in Boston perpetrated by the Cartoon Network. It’s embarrassing that in our post 9/11 society people are so afraid and suspicious that the bomb squad would have to be called to remove LED signs and then arrest those who made the signs and […]
African American Parents Luncheon
hi-tekznologik
There is an African American Parents Luncheon at the girls’ school February 13. Admittedly I do not know the sponsor or the agenda so I’ll keep that in mind as I rant.
Blacks have come a long way in the United States and have endured great persecutions in their struggle for equality and civil rights. […]
Vegans Muted By Fanaticism
Doug Lloyd
I read an interesting article in the New York Times a few days ago about a vegan chef in NYC. The article wasn’t especially interesting to me as its focus was preparing delicious vegan dishes. What is interesting is the vegan lifestyle. Veganism is, according to the Vegan Society:
A philosophy and way of living […]