Necessary Roughness

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Archive for May, 2008

Does it make sense that schools which have an increasingly tough time with other sexual education issues get your tax dollars to spend on programs? Scientists can usually agree on “this is a body part; this is what it does,” but the authorities that spend your money on sexual ethics, how-to, and abstinence education are more likely than not going to disagree with your views on the subject.

The polar bear population actually has been increasing yearly, but the prohibition of American hunting is dealing the polar bear a nice helping of irony.

Colorado has a constitutional amendment that calls for due process of law for children in the womb. It’s a nice idea, but the approach may be too strict and lead to judges writing law.

Cafeteria Humor
Friday, May 30th, 2008

I’ve heard of “mystery meat,” but not mystery vegetable:

Health-minded, too.

Removing the Water from Oil Wells
Thursday, May 29th, 2008

CNet reports that a new company is making stills for oil rigs to purify the water that the rigs produce. I also note Halliburton’s solution of keeping the water in the ground in the first place.