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Alright, too much car talk, as was recently pointed out by a reader. Time for another edition of Le Linkage to move things in another direction! (Actually it was moving in another direction anyway, and there are another couple of car posts coming up. My sister’s car was just stolen, so I’m helping her find [...]

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Tonight, as I exercised in the gym, a rather frightening and humbling thought came to me:

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Man, I haven’t done a Le Linkage episode in a while. Way too long. I don’t know if that stops here, but for those of you too uninterested in surfing the Web to find interesting random stuff, here’s something to keep you entertained: ###### Jesus is Not a Republican: An article by professor Randall Balmer [...]

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The following comes from Zig Ziglar’s book, See You At the Top. I heard this tonight at an association I frequent. Thanks to Dev for this little gem. (And yes, I’ve been in the whole “self improvement” mentality lately. See #3 and 13 to find out why.)

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The following are some thoughts that I had while at the gym today. They may not make much sense, since they will probably seem like unsupported pseudo-philosophical statements. However, these thoughts are based on a question I’ve asked myself for a little while already. (By the end of this post, if you decide to read [...]

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I found the following essay by author Orson Scott Card to be a rather interesting take on the entire “Evolution/Intelligent Design/Creationism” controversy that Bible Belters seem Hell-bent on winning. Darwin gave us a huge leap forward. But he did not take us all the way to final truth — no scientist ever can or ever [...]

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After the whole James Dungy affair, I started thinking a lot about the Christian/Catholic idea of the Mortal Sin. (James Dungy is/was the sun of former Buccaneers head coach Tony Dungy, who has become one of the more visible figures in the NFL since his taking the helm in Tampa, and now Indianapolis. James committed [...]

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Sorry about the silence folks. No excuse other than more important things are getting in the way. I’ll be back soon, if not full force, at least enough to report on the holidays, (Christmas, Channukah, New Year) and thoughts thereof. By the way, if you’re in Fort Lauderdale, or plan to be here during Christmas, [...]

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A few weeks ago I started hearing about a new proposal making its way through congress. It seems that information somehow got out regarding the existence of secret CIA facilities outside the U.S which employ the use of government sanctioned torture techniques to gather intelligence from suspected enemies of the state. The proposal, sponsored by [...]

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I stumbled upon a couple of rather interesting statements today, both of which involved 19th century paradigmic shifts within governmental and sociological ideologies towards the humanistic ideal of man’s ability to act as (or become) a benevolent being. The first statement comes from an article, involving the prohibition and criminalization of certain drugs (emphasis added): [...]

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