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The Age of Consent and Catholicism

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Tonight I noticed this image go by on Reddit. It accompanies this Wikipedia article on the age of consent.
I noticed something interesting. There seems to be a strong correlation between a young age of consent (12 to 15 years old) and Catholic countries. I created this little graphic to illustrate.

This image shows the age of […]

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A Cogent Explanation of the US Electoral Process

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

From an Australian version of This Hour Has 22 Minutes, here’s an amusing take on how Americans choose their presidential nominees:

The female satirist is working really hard to maintain that twangy American accent. But she pulls it off.

Continue reading entry #4706

Great Wisdom on Web 2.0 Community Building

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

James (who has his own Web 2.0 community) pointed me to this terrific article by Furqan Nazeeri about building and promoting a new online community. Furqan launched ObamaCycle, a site for recycling campaign materials.
I agree with every point in the list–they all jibe with our experience. None of his ideas are earth-shattering, but they’re definitely […]

Continue reading entry #4696

Additional items in this category:
Two Obama Billboards…in Canada?
A Virtual Prayer Flag for a Free Tibet?
Exploding Some Myths About Canadian Healthcare
Edumacating Harper
What the Heck is a Superdelegate?
Missouri Almost Always Predicts the President?
Our Government Continues to Restrict Media Access

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