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What Passes for Intelligent Discourse at Newsweek

By Paul Oyler / December 8, 2008 /

This is the cover story, I believe, for the newest Newsweek magazine, a silly polemic trying to argue that the Bible justifies “gay marriage”: Our Mutual Joy I link to it suggesting that you read the utter silliness of Lisa Miller’s arguments and look for all the straw men, ad hominems, logical fallacies, and gross…

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Is it Time to Draw Some Lines in the Sand?

By Paul Oyler / November 26, 2008 /

First, as I mentioned a couple days ago in Free for Coming, the courts in New Jersey ruled that eHarmony, founded by a Christian, Neil Clark Warren, had to offer a system whereby homosexuals could also be matched on “29 dimensions of personality”. The eHarmony Shakedown Now, of course, President-Elect Obama has promised that the…

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Might as Well Laugh…

By Paul Oyler / November 14, 2008 /

as to cry.

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Bailing out the "Big Three"? Stupid, Stupid Idea

By Paul Oyler / November 13, 2008 /

This whole bailout thing has reached epic proportions of governmental stupidity, and now Detroit is crying and moaning about getting their fair share at the bailout trough. Here’s why it’s a bad idea: Bailing Out the Automakers: Bad Idea There are people who scream “Buy American”, particularly when it comes to cars (we buy our…

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Why Apple/Mac Will Never Get my Business

By Paul Oyler / November 3, 2008 /

Apple has come down on the wrong side in the ongoing debate about marriage: Apple Fights Proposition 8 What I wrote to Apple: Because of Apple’s decision to actively support the defeat of Proposition 8, the “gay marriage ban” in California, I have chosen to remove Apple products both from my personal computer and my…

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