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Category Archives: Human Behavior
The Ends Don’t Justify the Means.
It’s a simple idea and it’s been with me all my life. I’m not sure when I first heard it. It was before I understood its profound meaning. My parents and grandparents repeated it often to me and my sisters … Continue reading
Posted in Human Behavior, Media, Musings, Politics
Tagged ends don't justify means, Inauguration, Milo Yiannopoulos, Protests, riots, women's march
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Burdened by Dogma
As a science educator, I began every course trying to help my students understand this human endeavor we call science. Most beginning college students come to class with an idea about science, a belief. For sure, different students embrace different … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Human Behavior, Politics
Tagged Denier, Dogma, Science is Settled
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North to Alaska and Earth’s Wild Journey Through Space and Time
The always effervescent one and I just returned from a memorable trip to Alaska via British Columbia and the Inside Passage. We traveled by plane, train, and automobile, but also by cruise ship, over a period of 19 days seeing … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Human Behavior, Media, Musings, Politics
Tagged Alarmism, Alaska, carbon dioxide, Climate Change, confirmation bias, Glaciers, global warming, Media Bias
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The Greatest Crisis Facing Humankind?
In less than two weeks 40,000 alarmed world leaders, scientists, journalists, and apprehensive observers gather in Paris to deal with the greatest crisis facing humankind, perhaps the most significant challenge since the dawn of civilization some ten millennia in our … Continue reading
Kim Davis, the Kentucky Clerk and Marriage v. Marriage
Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk, is confused. No wonder! The Supreme Court confused the entire country with their recent marriage ruling. As I wrote one year ago in Marriage v. Marriage, the institution we call marriage is two different things. … Continue reading
Posted in Human Behavior, Musings, Politics, Religion
Tagged homosexual, homosexuality, Kentucky Clerk, Kim Davis, LGBT, Marriage, Supreme Court
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Choosing a President of the United States of America
At last count, twenty individuals have formally declared their intentions to seek the office of President of the United States of America. Each of these men and women is stating a case to the people of our great country. Each candidate is … Continue reading