The Idiocy of the “Birther Bills”
Currently, the legislatures in several states have introduced “birther bills” aimed at ensuring only Constitutionally qualified Presidential and (in some – but not all – state) Vice Presidential candidates are included on their ballots. There is nothing wrong with this idea per se. In fact, I think it would be
How False Information Spreads: An Object Lesson
One thing that amazes me at times is just how much bad information is out there. Well, I’ve found a perfect example of exactly how that happens. The conservative website “The Post & Email” published an article titled “Time to Bust Public Sector Unions!” Under the heading “It’s NOT About
Fight the Scary People in Red T-Shirts! Disturbing Plans by Tea Partiers to Disrupt Wisconsin Protests
Whichever side of the Wisconsin Labour dispute you support, I hope that you would agree that tactics such as the ones described below are completely unacceptable for EITHER side. The following is taken from a website named “The Patriot Action Network” on a page titled: “Get ready: SEIU’s Purple Army
The Unreasonableness of the Anti-Vaccine Movement
[NOTE 10:36 am CST 2/19/2010: In the comments Frank33 noted that, per an ABCNews article posted September 1, 2009, some seasonal influenza vaccines do still contain thimerasol. I’ve corrected the post to acknowledge that. I also corrected two minor typos that had no effect on the content or context of