May 2006
Illegal Art | Creative Commons
by mikepower & 1 other
A museum exhibit called "Illegal Art" might sound like a history of naughty pictures. Turns out that the exhibit (through July 25 at SF MOMA Artist's Gallery) is more innocuous than most primetime TV: A Mickey Mouse gasmask. Pez candy dispensers honoring
February 2006
Catholic Online
by mikepower
Text of talk by Vatican Observatory director on ‘Science Does Not Need God. Or Does It? A Catholic Scientist Looks at Evolution’
January 2006
Foreign Affairs - A Natural History of Peace - Robert M. Sapolsky
by mikepower
Contrary to what was believed just a few decades ago, humans are not "killer apes" destined for violent conflict, but can make their own history.
December 2005
The Seattle Times: Opinion: Legalize drugs — all of them
by mikepower
I was a cop for 34 years, the last six of which I spent as chief of Seattle's police department. But no, I don't favor decriminalization. I favor legalization, and not just of pot but of all drugs, including heroin, cocaine, meth, psychotropics, mushro
November 2005
May 2005
BBC - Radio 4 - Reith Lectures 2005 - The Triumph of Technology
by mikepower
Lecture 5: Risk and Responsibility
Immigration isn't the issue: Brendan O'Neill
by mikepower
Among the political class, ‘the immigration issue’ has become code for their own fear and loathing of the white working class.
April 2005
Cannabis compound benefits blood vessels - Low dose helps combat formation of arterial blockages.
by mikepower
A compound derived from the cannabis plant protects blood vessels from dangerous clogging, a study of mice has shown. The discovery could lead to new drugs to ward off heart disease and stroke
Life lessons
by mikepower
What is the one thing everyone should learn about science? Spiked asked 250 scientists - here we bring you some of the most provocative responses
March 2005
Kevin Meyers: At last the light is shone on the IRA
by mikepower
No event in Northern Ireland in recent years has distilled the abominable and corrupted reality of life under the peace process as the murder of Robert McCartney. Half beaten to death, one eye gouged out, his throat cut, and then gutted like a fish...
Making learning uncool: The establishment disses education as much as hip-hop ‘playas’.
by mikepower
It wasn't Jay-Z who grabbed headlines by declaring that 'learning history is a bit dodgy'. That was the former education secretary, Charles Clarke.
December 2004
The New York Times. 2004 The Year in Ideas A to Z
by mikepower
An annual compendium of ideas from A to Z. (Or at least Y. And, frankly, also missing J, O, Q, R and X.)
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