Several weeks ago at the Conference on World Affairs in Boulder, Colorado, a guest speaker suggested to his audience of high school students that they “have sex and use drugs” (article). Joel Becker, a professor of psychology at the University of California, was quoted as saying,

“I am going to encourage you to have sex and encourage you to use drugs appropriately. Why I am going to take that position is because you are going to do it anyway,” he continued. “I think as a psychologist and health educator, it is more important to educate you in a direction that you might actually stick to. So, I am going to stay mostly on with the sex side because that is the area I know more about. I want to encourage you to all have healthy, sexual behavior.”

The following is a rebuttal to an essay that’s been traveling the Internet for the last two years, often known as “Jay Leno… Hits the Nail on the Head.” Each time I read it I find myself disagreeing more and more and chose to respond in kind. Since I have a tenancy to be overly-verbose I’m splitting my response into several posts; but I think anyone interested in politics and the state of the world in which we live will find them interesting. Enjoy.

I love my country and all of the luxuries which it provides me. But I see things a little differently than the author of the essay to which I’m about to respond. He sees we “malcontents” who complain about life in America as spoiled, ungrateful brats who take our freedom for granted. I think those who view the world through rose-colored lenses and pretending that the last six years of our nations history have been it’s most glorious are the one’s that don’t appreciate their freedom. Let me explain myself.

If you don’t know, just move on. Later when you want to back up your HD-DVD’s you’ll thank the millions of nerds nationwide making these magic numbers public.
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As I read yet another refutation of Pascal’s Wager, I’m reminded of a conversation I had with my father yesterday.  For those of you not familiar with Pascal’s Wager, it goes something like this:

If you believe in God and God exists, you will be rewarded with an eternity in Heaven.
If you believe in God and […]

Guitarist Ted Nugent writes a straight-shooting commentary to CNN about the dangers of so-called gun free zones.  It’s great reading and hard to refute.
“Zero tolerance, huh? Gun-free zones, huh? Try this on for size: Columbine gun-free zone, New York City pizza shop gun-free zone, Luby’s Cafeteria gun-free zone, Amish school in Pennsylvania gun-free zone and […]