David Arquette – actor, director, producer, screenwriter, husband of actress Courtney Cox – won the lottery last week by being given the rarely-offered opportunity to sit in on the world’s best radio program with the 60-plus-strong cast and crew of The Howard Stern Show. He wrote a letter of thanks afterward which gives a rare [...]
How now brown cow
“How now brown cow.” There. I said it. I said it here, and I said it on my radio show yesterday afternoon. Nobody called the show in response to my uttering ‘How now brown cow’. Nobody told me I shouldn’t have said it, or expressed shock or anger about it. They didn’t call to support [...]
God visits judgment upon Europe as he did Pompeii
In a world where earthquakes rumble and volcanoes erupt, where humans seek to explain ‘Bad’ in meaningful ways, for whom logic still competes with emotion, it isn’t surprising that dots are sometimes connected using God as an explanation. Will Crawley wonders if it’s only a matter of time before people of a certain mindset connect [...]
Response to Mark Morford: “One sandwich to kill you all”
Are the calories consumed in restaurants beloved of liberals any healthier than the calories consumed in the multinational outlets they despise? You’d think so, listening to Mark Morford. Dear Mr. Morford, I’ll begin by agreeing with you that the KFC Double Down sandwich, composed of two pieces of fried chicken, two strips of bacon, two [...]
Can animals predict earthquakes?
A few hundred years ago, a little movement called the Enlightenment caused us to take a very useful step in the name of human progress; that was the development of and reliance upon the scientific method. Reliance upon reason and evidence, and skepticism about everything else. I say ‘useful’ because, since The Enlightenment, we’ve developed [...]
Congressman fears Guam may capsize
Last week, at a hearing of the United States House Armed Services Committee, Congressman Hank Johnson expresses his fear that the island of Guam may “tip over and capsize” if we send any more Marines to the island. In this clip, I have some fun at his expense. Listen below.
Mickie James
This week Wrestlemania, the biggest event in the wrestling calendar with all of its accompanying functions, is in Arizona bringing with it Mickie James, one of the best-known women in the sport. Mickie is currently promoting her upcoming album, the release of which has been pushed back to April due to a serious leg infection [...]
How a libertarian can (almost) welcome the health care reform bill
The health care reform bill signed into law this week by President Obama is significant and historic, but I’m having a hard time explaining to some of my more conservative friends why I’m not loudly denouncing it for its infringements on the market. Conservatives are up in arms … livid. This is Tyranny and Socialism, [...]
My “Public Apology” quiz
I host and produce a ‘news’ show, and once in a while I can turn the news into a game. With the popularity of the ‘public apology’ as a way for celebrities and politicians to attempt to recover from controversy affecting their careers (some faring better than others), and the recent spate of such apologies [...]
Unfortunately I was right….
The case of Rom Houben, the Belgian man in a coma for 23 years who was reported to have been communicating, made a great Thanksgiving tale. At the time, though, I wasn’t convinced after seeing the videos of his finger being moved around a special keyboard by a ‘facilitator’, and said so on-air that day. [...]
The fallacy of first impressions
On Friday, I had an on-air exchange that fascinated me. I had just replayed a portion of my interview with Dr. Nick Bostrom, an Oxford University professor and well-known transhumanist, on the subject of his Simulation Argument. This is the paper that spurred a serious academic discussion in 2003 on the idea that there is [...]
Things I found in my office desk
I cleaned out my desk today. Yikes. I’m not a hoarder – normally I’m a brutal junker of everything my family holds near and dear – but my office desk gets overlooked, so here it is, a list of items I’ve removed from the desk drawers today. 3 cellphones, chargers, boxes, manuals. A gun lock. [...]
Pat Robertson on Haiti
Televangelist and 700 Club host Pat Robertson is making news again with his controversial theory on why Haiti was hit with a devastating earthquake earlier this week. Here I take 2 minutes to react to his comments. Press play below.
Uganda anti-gay after visit by western evangelicals
This is my reaction to the news that Uganda was considering a bill urging the death penalty for homosexuals after a conference held by three evangelical speakers visiting the country. Thankfully the country appears to be backtracking on the bill after international outcry. Press play below to listen. (11 mins.)
Avatar
Happy New Year! I first heard about Avatar 2 years ago. No movie could live up to a two-year hype, surely? In fact, this film in many ways surpasses my initial expectations. The trailers do not do justice to the results of this new paradigm in movie-making technology. This is the biggest step forward in [...]
