Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Legendary? Really? Nope!

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In my little corner of the world (severe storms meteorology), I've managed to make some contributions to the science and to the hobby of...
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Thursday, March 29, 2012

The Water Table Myth and Tornado Protection

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In several different contexts of late, the continuing myth of the local water table being too high (or too variable) for certain types of co...
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

On the Separation of Church and State

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A couple of topics have emerged in some "discussions" on social media ... the first concerns the tax-exempt status of churches.  T...
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Thursday, March 15, 2012

How to honor Vietnam veterans

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I certainly cannot and do not speak for all Vietnam veterans.  But I know how some of us feel about that experience.  Today, the flags flew...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Vulgarity vs. Insulting

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Apparently, Faux News is comparing Bill Maher's calling Sarah Palin a "cunt", a "twat", and a "MILF" with ...
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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Sandboxes

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Amidst all the swirling controversy regarding anthropogenic global warming (AGW), a subplot has arisen that involves me rather more directly...
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

It doesn't work that way? Oh, really?

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In discussions with christian believers, a huge sticking point for me is the absence of credible evidence for the "god hypothesis"...
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Monday, March 5, 2012

Why do I do what I do?

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I just finished giving two presentations to two different groups within a few days of each other.  I think my talks went over well - at leas...
Thursday, February 23, 2012

Two news items

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Two recent items caught my attention yesterday.  The first can be seen here , where the band and their crew denied any responsibility for th...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Congress blocks a NOAA Climate Service

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Evidently, I've been living in some sort of insulated box lately, because for some reason I was amazed to learn only today -  from a col...
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Sunday, February 19, 2012

Theocracy means misogyny

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Recently, the religious right-wing has used the hot-button issue of abortion and contraception to push forward assorted legislative efforts ...
Saturday, February 18, 2012

Wild animal issues

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Some programs recently aired about wild animals ... one on 60 Minutes about wild African species being raised for hunting in Texas, one abo...
Tuesday, February 14, 2012

An evaluation of the abrahamic god hypothesis

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Sorry folks, this is going to be longer than usual.  In what follows, I'm going to assume that all three major abrahamic religions (chri...
Sunday, February 12, 2012

The same old sad story

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The news broke last night that Whitney Houston has died at the age of 48 years, a career cut short; apparently it was drug- and/or alchohol-...
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Friday, February 10, 2012

The dangers of chasing

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The recent tragic and untimely death of Andy Gabrielson adds his name to the growing list of storm chasers who have died.  I didn't know...
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Saturday, February 4, 2012

More on polarization

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The justice system in the USA is predicated on a couple of major foundation stones:  the accused are presumed to be innocent until proven gu...
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Are we responsible for whatever happens to us?

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All human beings have some measure of control over their lives.  We make a big deal of accepting personal responsibility for our lives.  I h...
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Sunday, January 29, 2012

OK folks ... One more time

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If you offer comments about any of my blogs, you must include your full, real name ( e.g., Bill Murray ).  I will not publish comments from ...
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The big American educational lie

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I clearly have been the beneficiary of a lot of good fortune ... it definitely could be called "luck".  For many years, I congratu...
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