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I Don't Drink The Kool-Aid. For Anybody.

"No Kids": The Ultimate in Self-Centered Culture

By Paul Oyler / September 20, 2009 /

Have you heard of this one? A lady named Corinne Maier has written a book entitled No Kids: 40 Good Reasons Not to Have Children. Now, I stop short of saying that it’s demonstrably sinful for a couple to choose not to have kids, but I don’t stop very far short of it. There are…

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Would You Have Chosen Thomas?

By Paul Oyler / September 9, 2009 /

Powerful video. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToNWquoXqJI&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1]

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Lying with the Truth

By Paul Oyler / September 3, 2009 /

I’ve been thinking some lately about how it is possible to use the truth to tell a big lie. I saw it happen several weeks back, the reputation of a good man, a good friend of mine, besmirched by a series of “truths” that were constructed and arranged in such a way as to paint…

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The Message I'm Sending to Big Brother

By Paul Oyler / August 9, 2009 /

Perhaps you’re aware that Comrade Obama wants Americans to inform on their fellow Americans about this whole issue of health care. I’ve decided to help him out and turn myself in. Here’s the message I’m sending to [email protected]: To Whichever Wonk it May Concern, or Big Brother, as the case may be: Comrade Obama has…

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Ida: Missing Link, or the Next American Idol?

By Paul Oyler / May 28, 2009 /

So, you’ve heard of Ida, the “missing link” that proves Darwinism? She’s the latest rock star of the fossil world, and her mug has been splashed all over the place for the last couple of weeks, accompanied by breathless words of praise from hyperventilating science-types (“the missing link is no longer missing!” – Sir David…

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