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Wheatdogg's world
http://www.wheatdogg.com
Comments and observations about science, technology and society by a veteran physics teacher in Louisville, Kentucky.
- Added on: Jan 19th, 2006
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Listed in: Science Technology Society
- Tags: science technology commentary the media general stuff professional skeptic
Recent Posts
Barys have to discuss differences, but Rifqa won’t meet parents
JISHOU, HUNAN — Child welfare workers in Ohio have recommended that teenage religious runaway Fathima Rifqa Bary and her parents sit down and talk about their religious differences. Trouble is, the girl does not want to see her parents ever aga...
Poignant story of one unfortunate family’s Thanksgiving
JISHOU, HUNAN — The Bary family of Columbus, Ohio, had one place setting empty last Thursday, because religious hysteria and rightwing busybodies have interfered with return of their runaway daughter to their care. That’s the tale told by...
Thanksgiving Dinner 2009
JISHOU, HUNAN — On the spur of the moment, I decided to invite the other four Americans in Jishou to Thanksgiving dinner. Since two of them live right above me, the original plan was to meet at my place. Then I thought, why not invite some Chin...
My latest travel adventure: Shaoshan, Mao’s birthplace
JISHOU, HUNAN — This weekend’s trip to Shaoshan was great during the daytime, but interesting (in the alleged Chinese proverbial sense*) during the night. Shaoshan (韶山), a county near Xiangtan, south of the provincial capital of Chang...
Brittany McComb’s legal battle ends at Supreme Court
JISHOU, HUNAN — Ah, but the wheels of justice turn slowly … ‘Way back in June 2006, high school valedictorian Brittany McComb, after agreeing to school officials’ changes to her Christianity-laced graduation speech, proceeded ...
Religious rabble-rousers, part 2
[UPDATE 20/11/09: I ended up in my own Google news alert on Rifqa Bary. Not sure what to think ...] JISHOU, HUNAN — I find the whole Rifqa Bary thing fascinating, if only because it highlights the paranoia and/or religious nuttery of some segme...
