Rob Haskell
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Orbits creative

Yesterday I drove into town on highway 20, crossing the tiny slice of our globe that extends from Sedro Wooley to Burlington, using the stored energy of that other prominent

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“The Sanctity of Life” in Alabama’s Supreme Court IVF Decision culture

The news has been abuzz with outrage about a recent decision by the Alabama Supreme Court regarding IVF (“in vitro fertilization”), and Judge Tom Parker’s religious justification of the decision.

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The Fall creative

I fell from such dizzying heights Like icarus in a widening gyre Tumbling down in an elegant arc And spiraling away from all that is safe and certain. It’s not

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Doug and the Millers creative

A parable

The Millers lived a few miles outside of town, at the foot of a local mountain. I say mountain. Some people would call it a large hill. Depends on your

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Keep. It. Simple. culture

The power of appealing to basic principles in polemics about science

Skeptics, like the characters in Dicken’s Tale of Two Cities, live in the best of times and the worst of times. On the one hand, we are reminded every day

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One Million Waves creative

Earth’s oceans are about 3.8 billion years old. Ocean waves are caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and the wind blowing on the surface of the water, plus

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Gods and Historians creative

Do you want to be a god? Do you want to think like a god? Do you want to see the world as gods do? Then study history. Historians are

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Reason is a Time-Travel Machine brainy

Hi {Professional Theologian}, Great to hear from you. It sounds like you are living a full life! And thank you again for engaging with me. You asked why I focus so

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Is Science a Psychology? brainy

There is an irony in the debate about whether psychology should be considered a science. The more important question is whether science is a psychology. And I’m here to argue

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The Face on the Wall creative

It was late at night, and I was having trouble sleeping. So I was just laying there, staring at the ceiling. Sometimes I would turn over and stare at the

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