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The Science of Guns Proves Arming Untrained Citizens Is a Bad Idea: Scientific American
Science, bitches. It works.
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Why We Should Choose Science over Beliefs: Scientific American
The scientific process was invented to overcome our tendencies to have irrational beliefs, logical fallacies, and mental traps. He mentions a couple of them - confirmation bias is, of course, huge today, when you can watch news shows tailored to how you already think. While I don't have faith in scientists (they are fallible humans, after all), I trust in the scientific *process* - especially when that process is repeated through many different sources and methods.
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Political Readings of the Week (weekly)
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Saturday, January 12, 2013
Political Readings of the Week (weekly)
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More Guns = More Killing - NYTimes.com
Somehow, seeing armed guards everywhere has never made me feel "safe."
- “Generally, if you live in a civilized society, more guns mean more death,” said David Hemenway, director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center. “There is no evidence that having more guns reduces crime. None at all.”
- “Guns are not a defense, they are a risk.”
- do I really want my kid’s teachers packing a weapon?
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Saturday, December 22, 2012
Political Readings of the Week (weekly)
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How a Gun-Loving West Texas Girl Learned to Fear Assault Weapons | xoJane
Powerful, excellent, from the heart and the gut. The difference between a shotgun and semi-automatic handguns and assault weapons - not just how many bullets and how fast, but how easy it is to divorce yourself from what they are and what they do.
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Twelve facts about guns and mass shootings in the United States
"If roads were collapsing all across the United States, killing dozens of drivers, we would surely see that as a moment to talk about what we could do to keep roads from collapsing. If terrorists were detonating bombs in port after port, you can be sure Congress would be working to upgrade the nation’s security measures. If a plague was ripping through communities, public-health officials would be working feverishly to contain it. Only with gun violence do we respond to repeated tragedies by saying that mourning is acceptable but discussing how to prevent more tragedies is not. “Too soon,” howl supporters of loose gun laws. But as others have observed, talking about how to stop mass shootings in the aftermath of a string of mass shootings isn’t “too soon.” It’s much too late."
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Fareed Zakaria: The solution to gun violence is clear - The Washington Post
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A Sportsman's Viewpoint: We Need a Moderate Alternative to the NRA | TIME.com
Good idea!!
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Political Readings of the Week (weekly)
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The New Yorker’s Endorsement of Barack Obama : The New Yorker
2012 offers nothing like the ecstasy of taking part in a historical advance: the reëlection of the first African-American President does not inspire the same level of communal pride. But the reëlection of a President who has been progressive, competent, rational, decent, and, at times, visionary is a serious matter. The President has achieved a run of ambitious legislative, social, and foreign-policy successes that relieved a large measure of the human suffering and national shame inflicted by the Bush Administration. Obama has renewed the honor of the office he holds.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Political Readings of the Week (weekly)
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Two Presidents, Smoking and Scheming - NYTimes.com
This. Is. Awesome. Bartlet for President!
- Mr. President, your prep for the next debate need not consist of anything more than learning to pronounce three words: “Governor, you’re lying.”
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Don’t Mess With Big Bird - NYTimes.com
Big Bird is the man. He’s 8 feet tall. He can sing and roller skate and ride a unicycle and dance. Can you do that, Mr. Romney? I’m not talking about your fox trot away from the facts. I’m talking about real dancing.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Sharing Political Links in Absentia
Since I haven't been posting to this blog for some time, except for the occasional political bookmark in the right sidebar, I decided to set Diigo to auto-post my political links as weekly blog posts. I have not had much time to keep up with things, since I am in nursing school full-time, but the auto posts should at least give some interesting reading! (If anyone but me actually reads this blog - ha)
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Political Readings of the Week (weekly)
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Excellent site with real food for thought. 90 reasons to re-elect President Obama.
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