Couple of news item worth listening to.

By , on 20 April, 2004

On the way into work yesterday there were at least two stories on NPR that I thought more folks should hear about. The first is about some pissed off people in Washington who are upset over dangerously high levels of lead contamination in their drinking water.

Lead in Water – Part I

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Atheist, Agnostic or Believer?

By , on 17 November, 2003

NPR.org has an article up on a new book called Doubt: A History by Jennifer Hecht which traces the force of skepticism.

The article contains a small quiz you can take to determine your ‘Scales of Doubt’ to see what kind of atheist, agnostic or believer you are. There are 13 questions which you answer . . . → Read More: Atheist, Agnostic or Believer?

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BushCo coming under greater scrutiny over WOMD claims.

By , on 30 May, 2003

On the way home today I was quite pleased to hear two reports on NPR on the fact that, to date, we have yet to uncover a single solid piece of evidence to show that Iraq actually had any of the weapons of mass destruction Bush used to justify his war.

The first article . . . → Read More: BushCo coming under greater scrutiny over WOMD claims.

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Justifying going to war in the most simplistic way possible.

By , on 28 August, 2002

No, it wasn’t just my imagination yesterday morning when I thought I heard a news report on NPR about Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld trying to justify a preemptive strike on Iraq by comparing it to a hypothetical situation where the moon might be hostile.

Sec. RUMSFELD: And of course, the advantage of not acting against . . . → Read More: Justifying going to war in the most simplistic way possible.

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