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Year in Review at BGP

By Damion Reinhardt • Dec 30, 2014 • No comments

The end of the year is a traditional time for reappraisal, reexamination, and rededication to one’s personal goals. When it…

Map of the Week – Dudebro America

By Damion Reinhardt • Dec 24, 2014 • 7 comments

Over at the Quartz blog they have a pretty awesome (if a bit frivolous) set of maps showing which colloquial…

Monday Morning Musical Meme

By Damion Reinhardt • Dec 22, 2014 • No comments

Happy holidays to you and yours, whatever and however you might celebrate.

Movies you won’t be seeing in theaters

By Damion Reinhardt • Dec 18, 2014 • 7 comments

You have probably already heard that Sony pulled The Interview, a buddy comedy starring Seth Rogan and James Franco as…

Of barristers and baristas

By Damion Reinhardt • Dec 16, 2014 • 9 comments

Ophelia Benson is a better blogger than I am. She has claimed as much, and I pretty much believe her.…

Map of the Week – Unjustifiably Swatted America

By Damion Reinhardt • Dec 16, 2014 • No comments

Via CATO we have an “interactive map of botched SWAT and paramilitary police raids” released in conjunction with Overkill: The Rise…

Monday Morning Musical Meme – Unquestionable Presence

By Damion Reinhardt • Dec 15, 2014 • 2 comments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20i5PVB0W7M In honour of metalgate, naturally.

Rethinking the ethics of doxing

By Damion Reinhardt • Dec 14, 2014 • 4 comments

Ever since the advent of digital networks, we have had the option to go by internet handles instead of our real…

Dawkins Elucidates Relative Privation

By Damion Reinhardt • Dec 5, 2014 • 36 comments

The fallacy of relative privation is an informal fallacy by which one compares the subject under discussion to something else…

What to Expect When You’re Expecting: Skeptic Mom Edition

By Damion Reinhardt • Dec 2, 2014 • No comments

A close friend of mine is skeptical, in-your-face, and pregnant. I’m sharing her thoughts on vaccination here (with permission) because…

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