“Its above my paygrade” (to determine when life begins) —Barack Obama It now seems to be well established that Barack Obama obstructed the Illinois Born Alive Infant Protection Act and, moreover, lied about his reason for doing so. It is probable that Obama’s untruth was neither a misspeak, nor some …

Last week, the prison population in England and Wales exceeded capacity. Rather than addressing the main causes of this increase, namely, the abandonment of traditional values and the collapse of the two parent family, the principal concern of the government seems to be that imprisoning more people will increase anthropogenic …

Researchers from the University of Manchester, have calculated that the Carbon cost of the UK Christmas dinner is equivalent to 6,000 car journeys around the world or 51,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide. The cranberry sauce alone, normally imported from North America, contributes half the carbon footprint related to transport. 

There is nothing so foolish that some philosopher has not said it, and there is nothing so evil that some bioethicist has not proposed it. — Anthony Daniels A controversy has arisen in the local media concerning advertisements for egg donors which have appeared in “Diálogo” a University of Puerto …

“Pagan emptiness and fears about nature have led to hysteric and extreme claims about global warming. In the past, pagans sacrificed animals and even humans in vain attempts to placate capricious and cruel gods. Today they demand a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.” —George Cardinal Pell

El currículo actual le da mucho énfasis a los cálculos aritméticos (sumar, restar, multiplicar y dividir). Con lo accesible de las calculadoras es necesario que repensemos si se justifica tanto tiempo en la enseñanza de esos algoritmos. —Ana Helvia Quintero (Subsecretary of Education) “We are on the road to producing …

Just a few hours before the vote by the Constitutional Court on a case which will legalize abortion in Colombia, the Documentation and Analysis team of HazteOir (HO), a web based civil association based in Madrid, issued an exhaustive report on the strategy being employed by a group of international …

A parable to illustrate that the same set of data can be compatible with both alleged global warming and cooling simultaneously, ergo, proving that both sides in this nonsensical debate are correct. On a certain planet called X, the average temperature had been a steady 16° X for as long …

Lo último relacionado con el“nuevo” bachillerato A pesar de que en mayo de 2003, en reunión debidamente convocada, el Claustro del Recinto rechazó abrumadoramente la propuesta de reconceptuación del Bachillerato y el Senado Académico se vio precisado a replantearse el asunto. Ahora, transcurridos dos años, los decanos de facultades y …