Category Archives: News

Fareed Zakaria: Will the Republicans follow through?

Posted on November 8, 2010 by shaunmiller

Fareed Zakaria has a very nice analysis of what the Republicans should do after this midterm election.  Perhaps the best advice he could give: These are not political statements. They are mathematical ones, and it is on understanding math, not … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Fareed Zakaria, News | 2 Comments

Let’s See What’s in the News Today: 11/07/2010

Posted on November 7, 2010 by shaunmiller

New studies show that alcohol is actually more dangerous than cocaine, heroin, and marijuana. When Mark Twain died, he left in his will that his autobiography should not be published until 100 years after his death.  Well, it’s now been … Continue reading →

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Newsbits: 10/31/2010

Posted on October 31, 2010 by shaunmiller

An interesting article about how the latest Arizona Immigration bill was helped by prison economics. Philosopher Jean Kazez writes about the aesthetics of Eminem’s lyrics and how it is poetry. A great speech by emphasizing reason instead of rhetoric. I … Continue reading →

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Fighting For Freedom?

Posted on July 5, 2010 by shaunmiller

We often hear that we must “Fight for Freedom.”  It’s practically saturated everywhere in our culture, especially right after 9/11.  But what does this mean?  Well, this statement seems to have the assumption that we are fighting for x.  Now … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Free Will, Government, News, Paper Topic, Politics, Rights | 5 Comments

Evolution in Action

Posted on September 21, 2009 by shaunmiller

I know I haven’t been blogging lately, but since school has started, I’ve been extremely busy. I’m hoping to post on Mondays to get our intellectual juices flowing. At any rate, check out this image. Awesome stuff.  First of all, … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Evolution, News, Science | 2 Comments

Requiem for the Right, Health Care Myths, and How to Love the Bomb

Posted on September 11, 2009 by shaunmiller

In this weeks Newsweek, there were three interesting articles.  I’ll put them forth and express my opinion as well. Requiem for the Right This article talks about how the political right must do some drastic changes or else the Republican … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, News, War | 3 Comments

Zakaria on America’s Problem + 25 Things You Should Know

Posted on August 22, 2009 by shaunmiller

In this weeks Newsweek, Fareed Zakaria makes a great argument that America’s biggest flaw is that we can’t fix something, unless it’s a crisis. For example, when the economy started to burst, we immediately sprang into action and tried to … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Warming, Health, News, Politics, Relationships, Religion | 4 Comments

The World’s Worst Health Care Reforms

Posted on August 19, 2009 by shaunmiller

are apparently Russia, Turkmenistan, China, and the USA. You can read all about it here.  As the site says: The United States has the rare distinction of being both one of the world’s richest countries and having one of its … Continue reading →

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How Different Groups Spend Their Day

Posted on August 16, 2009 by shaunmiller

A very cool site that’s very interactive showing through graphs and stats about how people have spent their time in 2008.  Check it here.

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Answers to US Health Care

Posted on August 13, 2009 by shaunmiller

BBC has provided answers, in clear language, about our health care system and the proposals to fix it.

Posted in Health, News | 5 Comments