Month: May 2005

Debate About Peter Singer’s Views

From his FAQ at Princeton University: III. The Sanctity of Human Life   Q. You have been quoted as saying: “Killing a defective infant is not morally equivalent to killing a person. Sometimes it is not wrong at...

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Austin Kossacks meetup: Sunday, May 15, 3 pm

Cross-posted at Daily Kos Austin Kossacks have a lot to talk about. So we’re meeting at Austin’s traditional liberal watering hole–Scholz Garden, 1607 San Jacinto–at 3 p.m., Sunday, May 15. All Kossacks...

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Religious Equality in America

I posted an essay today at the Rockridge Institute’s online conference Spiritual Progressives: A Dialogue on Values and Building a Movement.  Discussions today focus on such matters as religion and politics and...

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Grateful Dead Lyrical Exegesis: Part Two

A recurring theme in Grateful Dead songs is the outlaw on the run. For those of us who travelled around the country to see Dead shows, the lyrics were easy to self-apply. In Friend of the Devil we hear: ‘I lit out from...

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Let the primaries die!

[From the diaries by susanhbu.] Cross-posted at Daily Kos Since Dean pissed off Tom Hayden and Dennis Kucinich last week, and Kerry pissed off Kos and a bunch of other folks this week, it’s been a full-bore circular firing...

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