This is a response to Phil’s Global Warming post (also posted as a reply on his site):
First, there is no “correct” amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere - the concentration has varied dramatically throughout history, sometimes being many times the current value (such as during the Mesozoic Era). Using the weight of carbon dioxide [...]
This is in response to a blog post by John Wick (via Declassified). The first chief premise is that D&D 4E will not be a role-playing game, at least insofar as it does not fit his definition of a role-playing game:
A roleplaying game is a game in which the players are rewarded for making [...]
A response letter from the Smithsonian institute in regard to a recently submitted archaeological specimen. Just precious.
Now if only I could be so politic when addressing the wild claims of those around me. It’s especially fitting because a good friend of mine recently gave me a thirty-page treatise on why the theory of [...]
My personal take on the whole peacekeeping business is that it just doesn’t work. There are deep seeded reasons why these people hate each other (or us, or whomever it is they hate) that go back hundreds or even thousands of years. There is absolutely no way that we can force these people [...]