Forum: Philosophy and Current Events

Now, I don't claim to know much about politics or how our legal system works here in the US, most I took was a 12th grade civics class, but I can't...

This is not a debate on which religion is the right religion. Everyone thinks theirs is the correct choice. That’s not the point here. This debate is...

Strike up another well researched news piece from Fox: http://www.wdsu.com/nationalnews/4901047/detail.html my favorite line: Sound...

Introduction to Scientific Magic by Wayland Skallagrimsson There is an interesting kind of practice found in many countries in the eastern...

Peter Jennings dies at 67 NEW YORK — ABC's Peter Jennings, the last of the big three network TV anchormen who delivered the news to Americans for...

Claims Atlantis Found I don't have a really good understand of this, but isn't 1.5 km a bit too deep for the time?

Is the use of the race card and the interpretation of every comment as "racist" just getting insanely out of control? ...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5254614-110732,00.html As much as I'm not a fan of this paper, such science must be mentioned. Titled: ...

After the bombings in London there has been a lot of talk recently over what it means to be British and what exactly defines Britishness. Was...

I don't know if any of you have heard of this, especially parents, but this is more disturbing than the cutting thing we discussed months ago....

It was so sad to wake up this morning and see what was going on in London. I immediately thought of all our Thresh friends in the area. I do hope...

This article blew my mind. The research coming out in the last 10 years on avian intelligence is mind-boggling. I have read studies showing that...

This is unbelieveable. No wonder we are sucking eggs compared to the rest of the world in math and science. Ethnomathematics. Even math education...

This is pretty amazing news. New drug blocks HIV from entering cells

To those who know, my hometown, Calgary is well known for it's annual Calgary Stampede and Exibition; attracting people from all over the world. ...

This is just cool. 125 Questions: What Don't We Know? Awesome.

They say this is not a prank. I desperately hope they succeed. http://www.freenation.tv/hotellostliberty2.html

1. The Pentagon sat on the story, and returned it to Newsweek without comment. 2. The source for the Newsweek article states that he read about the...

from Yahoo.com: The verdict means Jackson will be free to try to rebuild his blighted musical career. But his legal victory came at a terrible...

What I hate is that certain recording artists have a certain "social stigma" attached to them and whether you like or dislike their music (which may...

The more and more I read about this guy and his trial, the more disturbed I get. For a long time, I didn't want to believe he actually did all the...

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=804909 Lovely! With all the negative media that games are getting right now, I think this is...

This is long. I hope it is not rambling. I have wanted to post about this for a long time but I feared the political nature of this issue even...

This is funny, have you heard about the video made by U.K soldiers in Iraq. You can see the video here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4554083.stm ...

I've been doing some reading and research of my own regarding how the wars in Iraq were sold to the American people. Since the first Gulf war, the...