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If TED was the only source of information in the world we should all be concerned. Truth is, all points of view on every subject known to the human mind are available to anyone with a computer and an Internet connection.

The total number of people killed in the US with rifles of any kind is about 300-400 each year. Literally, a one-in-a-million event. Why should rifles of any kind be banned? According to FBI data, you're 4-5 times more likely to be killed by a knife than you are to be killed by a rifle. In...

A PEW poll showed 75% against involvement in Syria. It's pretty obvious what the public thinks, but the politicians are blind, deaf and dumb as ever.

Actually, you're almost as likely to get hit by lightning sitting in a movie theater or a school as you are anywhere else because the odds are so close to zero under any circumstances. Trying to control one-in-a-million individual human behavior events is a waste of time and effort. Be aware...

Same way you justify any other trading cost -- ROI.

Not to worry... According to FBI statistics, you're more likely to get hit by lightning than you are to be a victim of a mass murder. Average number of people in US killed in mass murders (4 or more deaths in a single event) each year: 150 (Source: FBI). Average number of people in US...

I send two kids to private school. I guess that make me a really bad person.

I don't understand the objections to semi-autos. The usual argument is that they're used in mass killings. But mass killings are rare. According to the FBI, about 150 people a year are killed in mass gun homicides (4 or more people killed by the same perpetrator in a single event or chain of...

Al Gore doesn't really believe in global warming. He frequently travels across the country on a private Gulfstream jet that burns more fuel (and spews more CO2) on one round-trip than the average car burns in five years. Come on... Stop it Al... You crack me up!

Those who aren't killing are committing other crimes. http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/FedCrimes/story?id=6773423&page=1 Gangs Blamed for 80 Percent of U.S. Crimes Jan. 30, 2009 By JASON RYAN JASON RYAN More From Jason » As many as 1 million gang members are believed responsible for...

Estimated current number of members of the Klu Klux Klan: 5,000-8000, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan Number of people killed by the KKK in 2012: 0 ************************************************* Estimated number of gang members in the US: 1.4 million...

My dad was born and raised in Chicago. I grew up hearing stories about Chicago corruption -- corrupt businesses, corrupt unions, corrupt politicians. He used to say to me, "No matter how corrupt you believe Chicago is, it's worse -- much worse."

As the father of two children, I'm an expert on the tooth fairy. God is a more complex question.

As the father of two daughters (ages 11 and 14), I can tell you with absolute certainty that you've just asked the dumbest question in the history of the universe.

It's a statistical correlation. So what? Does killing turkeys cause winter? There's correlated data to "prove" it. Every atheist I've ever met has a belief system that actively denies the existence of of god. An agonistic, on the other hand, has no opinion on the subject. Personally, I...

I'm not religious (describe myself as a devout agnostic), so maybe I have no dog in this fight; but I have to point out the obvious hypocrisy here. The same people who use measures of intelligence to belittle religious people go ape-shit crazy if you point out to them the statistically...

One of my nephews is autistic. Autism is a very complex condition -- it may be decades before we really understand it. Blaming it on vaccines may make some people feel better, but I doubt that the answer is that simple. The articles below are not presented as definitive proof of anything, but...

IT'S NOT JUST FOX ********************************* FROM THE LOS ANGELES TIMES: One of the most disappointing attributes of the Obama administration has been its proclivity for secrecy. The president who committed himself to "an unprecedented level of openness in government" has...

AFTER EARTH total worldwide box office $172m... far short of the $300M needed to make it profitable. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=1000ae.htm

Many countries spend far less on education than the US but get much better results. Finland's students score in the top five in the world, yet they spend 30% less per student. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/Why-Are-Finlands-Schools-Successful.html “Ninety-three percent of...