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By George Ricker (Author’s note: I first wrote this piece in 2001, just after the inauguration of George W. Bush and well before the tragic attacks of September 11th. Although it was never published in any national forum, I…

Why ‘magical thinking’ explains nothing On the last weekend of February, a fishing trip went tragically wrong in the Gulf of Mexico. A boat manned by four friends capsized in rough seas. Three of the four, two of…

By George A. Ricker Like most of you, I get lots of unwanted email. Most of the time I simply trash it without ever opening it, a practice that has doubtless caused me to miss a few things…

The importance of some words in a treaty By George A. Ricker By coincidence, my birthday, May 26, falls on the anniversary of the date in 1797 on which the Treaty of Tripoli was communicated to the United States Senate…

Concerning the immoral tunnel vision of the Catholic ChurchBy George A. Ricker You may have read about the incident* but, in case you did not, here are the facts as I understand them. A nine-year-old Brazilian girl had…

It is one of the great debates of our time, the ongoing argument between those who maintain that, ultimately, science and religions are compatible and those who claim they are not. There have been books, blogs, online debates,…