In 2009 I posted 215 blogs. I've selected some of those blogs that I'm glad I wrote and listed them below. Some will be marked with an * to signify they contain links to other favorites that are not listed here. Book Bl...

A favourite comic of mine from: http://xkcd.com/610/ Until I saw this strip I thought the same way.  Though I saw this strip after seeing the movie Waking Life.  The following clip in particular will illust...

For the past month or so I have been mentally philosophising about the seriousness of life.  To be honest, it's been more of a reaction to all of the drama and overreactions of people that I meet, see on TV, read on the internet and such....

PRINCETON, NJ -- For the first time in Gallup's annual Honesty and Ethics of Professions poll, a majority of Americans -- 55% -- say the honesty and ethical standards of "members of Congress" are low or very low -- sli...

Arms dealer upset his guns were used for killing... "I thought I was on the side of the good guys" Yes, the guns were given to local militias to protect them against attacks from the MILF, but the result was that the po...

Corporate personhood is, both at first glance and upon deep analysis, absurd. The notion makes no sense. Like Oakland California for Gertrude Stein, there simply is no there there. A theoretical entity cannot have rights...

Now, it is easy to say that everyone should have equal rights, basic human rights, and all that, but why do we insist on this? Why do we insist on basic human rights and then we have separate animal rights that are in q...

A day of honest work       The UK government today announced a 50% tax on bonuses received by bankers. They think bankers do not deserve their bonuses as they collected humongous aid from the government during the crisis....

I mean that very much as a compliment. For the first time, I've read a religious person talking about religion, and found cogent, rational, nuanced understanding. For the first time, it wasn't all "Religion is good, stop...