Wow. The law the Mexican president Vicente Fox will sign in today or Monday will allow Mexicans to own small amounts of drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, and heroin. You can read about it here. If ever it were time to create a strong border with Mexico it is now.
Archive for April, 2006
April 29, 2006
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Mexico Legalizes Cocaine, Heroin, Etc.
By Andrew McKnight Selby in Outside Articles of Interest
April 25, 2006
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Grad school update
By Keith E. D. Buhler in Life in generalFor those of you who know, I decided sometime recently that I want to begin my graduate career in psychology before moving on to philosophy. I applied to Fuller’s Graduate School of Psychology, and I now have an interview with them which will likely determine whether or not I am admitted. I’ll let you know [...]
April 20, 2006
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a very Monty Christmas
By Keith E. D. Buhler in Happy & Sad, Humor, Quotations, Reviews (Films)I just watched Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life. As with all of Monty Python’s humour, it is a hilarious, if you are into that brand of comedy, and this film is particularly inspired. It is a bawdy, irreverent, occasionally chaotic (and occasionallypsychotic) series of sketches attempting to tease out the meaning of life, or [...]
April 15, 2006
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What might knowledge be?
By Keith E. D. Buhler in Epistemology, PhilosophySome friends are planning on studying the Theatetus together this Summer. This Platonic dialogue is devoted to answering the question, “What is knowledge?” In a sort of intellectual anticipation of reading the dialogue again, I was thinking about knowledge, and possibile definitions of it, as I walked into Home Depot today. Before tackling the big [...]
April 13, 2006
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The Dialectic in the Gospel of Mark
By Andrew McKnight Selby in Theology (Bible)A dramatic section of the Gospel of Mark consists of Jesus triumphantly entering Jerusalem, cleansing the temple, and the subsequent attacks on Him by the religious leaders. The first two events lead to the third: Jesus essentially asserts Himself as the King and High Priest worthy of the praise of the people and with authority [...]
April 7, 2006
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Rational Animals: Week Five
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Life in general, SportsBack to sub-par…..and the end of our playoff hopes. Versus: The Longis Maghonis Recap: It was ugly from before the beginning until the end of the game. We only had four guys show up–Jonathan thankfully came at the last second, played one play to prevent a forfeit and then we played 4 on 5 the [...]
April 4, 2006
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UCLA Goes Down to Better Florida Team
By Andrew McKnight Selby in SportsMy Bruins had a fantastic run this year, so it was heartbreaking to see them lose one step shy of ultimate college basketball glory in the NCAA Championship game last night in Indianapolis, IN. But as this LA Times article points out, UCLA simply lost to a better team and have nothing to hang their [...]
April 3, 2006
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University of Texas Scientist Advocates Destroying 90% of World’s Population
By Andrew McKnight Selby in Outside Articles of InterestApparently, Dr. Eric Pianka of the University of Texas advocated a plan to save the world’s environment by killing 90% of the population at the 2006 Texas Academy of Science Meeting. The Ebola virus was his method of choice. You can read about it on the Free Republic from first-hand witness, Forrest Mimms III, who [...]