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Written By: Alex McManus on November 26, 2007 8 Comments
Saving the Planet for Whom?

Toni Vernelli works for an environmental charity.
At 25 years of age, Toni became pregnant and aborted the baby
in order to “save the planet.”

       

Written By: Alex McManus on October 4, 2007 8 Comments

Premise A: Oil is a limited commodity.

Premise B: The world is dependant on it.

World oil consumption is definitely on the rise. As India, China and others join the gas guzzling contest, what happens when the pumps run dry?

       

Written By: Alex McManus on August 20, 2007 3 Comments

In The End of Faith, zealous anti-religionist Sam Harris takes on the world religions (especially Christianity and Islam) with six guns a blazing. The book is characterized by a consistent “I am right and you are not” charm.

       

Written By: Alex McManus on May 17, 2007 No Comment

Check out this article in the Washington Post on the use of robots in war. It will make you laugh and startle you at the same time. The emotions that the robot evoked from the Colonel will only magnify as Bots become more human like.

HT (i.e Hat Tip) to Tony Sheng who pointed [...]

Written By: Alex McManus on May 16, 2007 No Comment

” When is local journalism not really local?”

       

Written By: Alex McManus on May 15, 2007 6 Comments

The Baja Beach Club in Barcelona made headlines three years ago when it began to “tag” it’s patrons with microchips embedded in the arm. The chip is used to identify people when they enter and pay for drinks.

So, let’s say, you go to the Baja Beach Club. A nurse preps you with a local anesthetic. [...]

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Written By: Alex McManus on May 7, 2007 2 Comments
Peppermint-Filled Piñatas

An interview with Eric Bryant about his new book, Peppermint-Filled Piñatas.

Click here to listen.

Enjoy.

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Written By: Alex McManus on May 3, 2007 12 Comments
Does everybody dream?

I’m sitting here in the back of the MOSAIC auditorium on the third day of the Mosaic Leadership experience [Origins/ Ethos]. Here’s a photo from where I sit.

The topic is Erwin’s new book, Soul Cravings. On the subject of “Destiny” and “Dreaming” one of the panelists has suggested that [...]

Written By: Alex McManus on April 8, 2007 12 Comments
This we know: the dead do not return.

Joyful Easter. Fifty thousand years of accumulated experience by the 70 - 100 billion Humans who have lived on this planet have led us to know at least one thing: the dead don’t return.

       

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Written By: Alex McManus on March 13, 2007 40 Comments

welcome back. you belong here.

I was asked this last week about Barna’s new book Revolution. I confess that by-and-large I don’t read Christian books. Barna’s book is no exception. So while I couldn’t comment on the content of the book, I did comment on the title, [...]

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