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Singularity News, By The Way

By jelewis8 ⋅ January 5, 2006 ⋅ One comment

I failed to mention that my most recent novel, The Cold Goodbye, deals in part with the so-called Singularity, a somewhat loose amalgam of socio-scientific future casting that deals with the rapid increase of technology to the point at which the whole of human progress and achievement is maximized in a development of monumental proportions, [...]

Sheehan Book Signing

By jelewis8 ⋅ November 29, 2005 ⋅ One comment

Mother Sheehan’s book signing didn’t go as well as planned. It’s amazing how fast 15 minutes really does feel. Check out the other photos and then look for the one Reuters decided to go with. Via Instapundit

Blog Relief Day

By jelewis8 ⋅ September 1, 2005 ⋅ One comment

It’s Blog Relief Day, a concerted effort to raise support for the victims of Katrina. I don’t have a ton of time to devote to linking or writing, but I will point out that if you have ever wanted to donate money but couldn’t or didn’t, now would be an excellent time to start. I’m [...]

Mad Snail Disease

By jelewis8 ⋅ July 17, 2005 ⋅ 6 comments

The things you miss when you’re sick. Jacques Chirac continues to astound the world with his tactless (though admittedly ballsy) anti-British comments, leading some to wonder if there isn’t some “mad snail disease” going around in gay Paree. Via Instapundit

Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics

By jelewis8 ⋅ April 28, 2005 ⋅ 2 comments

Can the New York Times be trusted? Oh, if only it were a simple query with a simple response. As murky as the waters of the question posed above are, there is no doubt of the clarity of deceit posed by the NY Times’ editorial decisions, giving voice to, as Instapundit calls it, “out-and-out dishonesty” [...]

Revisiting Old Vile Claims Once More

By jelewis8 ⋅ April 18, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

I’ve stopped reading Instapundit on a daily basis, instead hitting his site about once a week to get the latest on whatever blogging fad he’s linking at the moment. So I missed a post from last Thursday in which he addresses the leftist fallacy that freeing Iraq and making way for democracy in that country [...]

That’s A Fine How Do You Do

By jelewis8 ⋅ March 31, 2005 ⋅ One comment

Via Beautiful Atrocities, I found HundredPercenter who has dumped the links for the following sites because they haven’t commented on, or have commented “negatively” on the Terri Schiavo (now) post mortem case: A Small Victory Beautiful Atrocities Cox & Forkum Digger’s Realm INDC Journal Instapundit Little Green Footballs Protein Wisdom There’s a lesson in all [...]

Bouncing the Bodyguard

By jelewis8 ⋅ January 20, 2005 ⋅ 2 comments

Michael Moore pretty much put himself on the map with his controversial “documentary” Bowling for Columbine, in which he criticizes a gun-happy Amerikkka for instilling a culture of fear in North America and spreading it throughout the globe. It now seems he has become a victim of his own success. Instapundit notes Moore’s bodyguard was [...]

Saddam and the Death Penalty

By jelewis8 ⋅ December 22, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Stephen Pollard argues that the case for sentencing Saddam Hussein to death is also the case for capital punishment for any convicted murderer. Much as I have tried to escape this conclusion, I cannot: there are no sensible grounds on which one can argue that it is morally right to execute Saddam but not Ian [...]

Gun Safety and Education

By jelewis8 ⋅ December 18, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

This from an article linked on Instapundit. The paragraphs I find especially interesting: I would like to say that the answer to our problem is education: teaching kids about the reality of guns as tools for sport and protection, rather than as a means of attracting attention to themselves. I feel such a program would [...]

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