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February 2012

February 18, 2012

“So you’re on vacation at a science conference?”

Heck yeah I am! Here are some quick highlights from my first day at the...

February 15, 2012

Parsing that “98% of Catholics use contraception” figure

I'll be back with a longer post on the actual substance of the contraceptive mandate...

February 03, 2012

Komen Concedes (but it still sucks)

Komen spent the last two days reaping a financial windfall from pro-life activists, after they...

January 2012

January 18, 2012

Stop SOPA

Like many sites, I'm drawing attention to SOPA and PIPA, two terrible laws that threaten...

January 17, 2012

A (non-authoritative) post on Transgender Issues

There was a request in the comments that I do a post on Transgender issues...

November 2011

November 24, 2011

You Must Have Known This’d be the Thanksgiving Post

Bonus content: Orion Magazine is running a feature essay on Turkey Pardons. Here's a...

October 2011

October 31, 2011

Halloween Costuming

I really do shut down almost everything when Halloween comes around. This is the first...

October 17, 2011

I need a reading recommendation

Some friends of mine invited a bunch of us to spend Sukkot with them this...

October 16, 2011

Bringing a Stat Book to a Culture Fight

Comments are still a little bit in flux here. Because Disqus was causing problems, it's...

October 15, 2011

Why be out as bisexual?

This is a follow-up to my post on National Coming Out Day and the subsequent...

October 12, 2011

Bisexuality Q&A

I'd still like more responses to the questions I posed to opponents of gay marriage...

October 11, 2011

Coming Out (and at ’em)

(UPDATE: It looks like some of you have questions about bisexuality. Feel free to ask...

September 2011

September 26, 2011

Search Engine Soup

This marks the 400th post on this blog, so it's time for a roundup of...

September 19, 2011

Nerdiness Olde and New

The Renaissance Faire this weekend was lovely. I'm putting up two photos here, and I...

September 09, 2011

The Idiotic Interfaith 9/11 Backlash

I know I promised a scifi vs fantasy post next, but I’m delaying it for...

September 05, 2011

Happy Labor Day!

People tend to be a little flip about the importance of unions every Labor Day....

July 2011

July 21, 2011

Happy Birthday to Me

Best b-day present of the day (from Tristyn): (well, second best after the pumpkin bread...

July 15, 2011

Vote on the ‘Christian’ Turing Test!

Voting is now closed. Check out the answer key. This is the ballot page...

June 2011

June 13, 2011

Time Out for Tonys

There should be a more substantive post later today, but I've fallen terribly behind on...

May 2011

May 24, 2011

A bit of Pomp and Circumstance

Commencement bore little resemblance to this, but that's my only complaint I am now a Yale...

April 2011

April 25, 2011

It is Written!

I've just turned in my senior essay (which I glossed in a recent 7 Quick...

April 08, 2011

Where Yuan Went Wrong (Part 2)

This is part of a series of posts which tackles sexual ethics and debating strategies...

April 06, 2011

The Ex-Gay Lecture Letdown

This is part of a series of posts which tackles sexual ethics and debating strategies...

April 05, 2011

Get Up to Speed on Yale’s Ex-Gay Speaker

I'm off to face down Tristyn of Eschatological Psychosis and other fine speakers tonight at...

April 03, 2011

Death of Religion Predicted by Demographers Torturing Statistics

Because what's the use of a blog that brings together Christians and atheists if it...

March 2011

March 17, 2011

Drinking Death Upon Yourself

Patrick had an interesting observation on the comment thread of my post on jump discontinuities...

March 14, 2011

Happy Pi Day!

I like the suggestion from the Dinosaur Comic below, and, may I suggest, if you'd...

March 14, 2011

The Body and Buggy Software

Christian of The Thinking Grounds has posted a new installment in his series on defining...

March 10, 2011

Fast and Loose with Family Facts

First Things has started a new online feature I enjoy called "Family Facts." The series...

March 09, 2011

Gevalt.

I've been travelling, so you'll have to wait until this afternoon for meaty new content,...