Burger King Bringing Obesity To Your Door

Oy, are we really so lazy a nation that now going through a drive-thru for fast food is an inconvenience? Burger King thinks so.   Burger King (BKC), trying to regain its place as the nation’s second largest fast-food chain, is trying out home delivery in an effort to boost sales. This is just one of a number of unexpected experiments going on right now. Chains usually try discounts and other moves at...

Joel Convinced Me – Don’t “Go Dark”, Go #Misbehavin Over SOPA

This morning, I had planned to take HT dark for 24 hours in protest of SOPA and PIPA, the corporate “anti-piracy” internet legislation winding its way through Congress. While I agree that piracy is an issue, I believe these two bills are draconian in nature, as they allow corporations and the government to force ISPs to censor or even completely remove websites from the internet. There are better ways...

AZ Senator @RichCrandall | Let Them Eat…..Nothing

A Senate panel led by an East Valley lawmaker agreed Tuesday to let schools opt out of the federal program to offer free and reduced-price lunches for needy students. Sen. Rich Crandall, R-Mesa, said the state should not be imposing these mandates on public schools. He said the decision whether to participate in the National School Lunch Program – and deal with the various restrictions – is best left...

Focus On The Family – Protecting Newborns Isn’t Pro-Life

When is being pro-life not being pro-life?  When one supports environmental restrictions on the amount of mercury newborns are exposed to. Like David Barton, who has no academic training as a historian but is the Religious Right’s point person on American history, Calvin Beinser of the Cornwall Alliance has no scientific credentials but has become the go-to person for right-wing activists on questions of...

Does Science Make Belief In God Obsolete?

I recently found the website for the John Templeton Foundation and their “Big Question” essay series through a friend of mine’s tweet.  The big question he linked to was “Does Science Make Belief in God Obsolete?” There are a few short essays that run the gamut from yes to no to yes… if and no… but. My answer?  No. Science is simply the toolbox we use to understand and,...