When Lee Ross, a professor of psychology at Stanford, explained to his students what his term “fundamental attribution error” meant, he loved to quote George Carlin. “Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?” The late comedian perfectly captured our tendency… Continue reading Are You a Naïve Realist?
Maryland Governor Loosens Concealed Carry Law, Spurs Demand For Gun Permits
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan relaxed the state’s rules for obtaining a concealed handgun permit following the U.S. Supreme Court decision. The action spurred a surge in Marylanders seeking concealed carry classes — with some gun stores that offer firearms training saying classes are booked for the rest of the year. On Tuesday, Hogan directed the… Continue reading Maryland Governor Loosens Concealed Carry Law, Spurs Demand For Gun Permits
All the Trips to Davos Have Gone to Larry Fink’s Head
Larry Fink really has let all of those trips to Davos go to his head. In what is, so far as I know, the BlackRock CEO’s most recent act of public grandiloquence, he and BlackRock have urged the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) to modify its proposed greenhouse-gas emissions disclosure rule. That standard Fink megalomania comes not from… Continue reading All the Trips to Davos Have Gone to Larry Fink’s Head
Frozen Heaven, Lazarus Near Death Experience, Night Sky Paradox, Unfallen Children (Weird Questions)
Podcast: Download MYS217: It’s a fifth Friday so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin more weird questions from listeners, including will we be frozen in time in heaven; did Lazarus have a Near Death Experience; why is the night sky dark; ship of Theseus; and more. Get all new episodes automatically… Continue reading Frozen Heaven, Lazarus Near Death Experience, Night Sky Paradox, Unfallen Children (Weird Questions)
The Kingdom of Grace – SpiritualDirection.com
Editor’s note: Enjoy this first in a new series on grace by Fr. James Brent, O.P. We are blessed to have him contributing to our website and to our understanding of how God works in the soul and how we cooperate in the process of sanctification. As Fr. James explains below, this divinizing work is… Continue reading The Kingdom of Grace – SpiritualDirection.com
How Can Infinitely Many Primes Be Infinitely Far Apart?
Similarly, 7! + 4 is divisible by 4, 7! + 5 by 5, 7! + 6 by 6, and 7! + 7 by 7, which makes 7! + 2, 7! + 3, 7! + 4, 7! + 5, 7! + 6, 7! + 7 a sequence of six consecutive composite numbers. We have a prime… Continue reading How Can Infinitely Many Primes Be Infinitely Far Apart?
Dr. Robert Malone Testifies At Texas Senate Committee: ‘Regulatory Practices Had Been Discarded’
Authored by Enrico Trigoso via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Vaccinologist and key contributor to mRNA technology Robert Malone testified to the Texas Senate committee on Health & Human Services on June 28, highlighting some administrative actions during the pandemic that he thinks were incorrectly handled and that should be taken into consideration for the future.… Continue reading Dr. Robert Malone Testifies At Texas Senate Committee: ‘Regulatory Practices Had Been Discarded’
The SPLC Backs Woke History at James Madison’s Montpelier
Virginia is for history lovers. George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, and James Madison’s Montpelier – a triad of epicenters of our nation’s past – are all within driving distance. Those who own and operate these historic houses have a significant say over how the American Founding is taught. Unfortunately, as described in a… Continue reading The SPLC Backs Woke History at James Madison’s Montpelier
Letters of St. Paul of the Cross: “Remain Wholly Concealed”
“Now, therefore, please remain wholly concealed in the crucified Jesus, with no other desire but to be completely changed by love and do his good pleasure. You will see, at the opportune time, the opening of a great scene, and a great star will rise which will be the harbinger of a very clear day,… Continue reading Letters of St. Paul of the Cross: “Remain Wholly Concealed”
Two Weeks In, the Webb Space Telescope Is Reshaping Astronomy
As soon as President Biden unveiled the first image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) on July 11, Massimo Pascale and his team sprang into action. Coordinating over Slack, Pascale, an astrophysicist at the University of California, Berkeley, and 14 collaborators divvied up tasks. The image showed thousands of galaxies in a pinprick-size portion… Continue reading Two Weeks In, the Webb Space Telescope Is Reshaping Astronomy