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Interesting piece at the LA Times about DNA testing striking at the very roots of Mormonism's creative history [http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mormon16feb16,0,5561316.story?page=1&coll=la-headlines-california] : > From the time he was a child in Peru, the Mormon Church instilled

> They already have their own designer clothes, health insurance and therapists and now more and more American pets are enjoying their own birthday parties as well. > A surprising number of pet owners host birthday parties - complete with party hats, cake and guests for their dogs, cats and

Chesterton and Friends has scanned and posted drawings from Chesterton's Coloured Lands [http://chestertonandfriends.blogspot.com/2006/02/some-scans-from-coloured-lands.html] . According to Nick Milne, these drawings have never before been seen on the Internet. Definitely worth checking out.

I missed this nugget [http://www.scrappleface.com/?p=2179]: > The sponsor of a House bill to lift the ban on homosexuals in the military said today that he would add a provision removing the bans on overweight and pregnant troops as well. Remember that scene when Forrest Gump

Remember that website that Sony is sponsoring? The one where people can discuss the Da Vinci Code's merits? Well, according to Carl Olson, lots of Christians are being invited to participate--but only one Catholic, and that one Catholic isn't one of the Catholics who have published

I can find it convincing the idea that such elite studies would reach such important conclusions:  > Researchers asked seventy-one Stanford undergraduates to evaluate various writing samples; the lexicon in the samples was systematically varied, with each judge getting either a “moderately complex” or a “highly complex” version

As global warming picks up "steam," the manatee will rule the earth:  > Wildlife officials say that despite unseasonable warmth, manatee deaths in January jumped by a third statewide compared with the same month last year. > . . . Over the past five years, an average of ten

I'm fascinated by the thought of Murray Rothbard, though I haven't read much by him. He seems to be a libertarian with a moral streak, which is rare. Not illogical, mind you, but rare. I just ran across this lengthy essay (book excerpt) from the Lew