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Skinhead violence surging, watchdog group says POSTED: 8:36 p.m. EDT, October 20, 2006 NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (Reuters) -- Violence by skinhead gangs in the United States is on the rise because of splits in the extreme right movement, a U.S. watchdog group said Friday. The Hammerskin Nation...

I shall be visiting Orange County and the general Los Angeles area the last weekend of this month. In honor of this and the fact that there are other people there, there will be a BBQ/get together thingy. The location will be Chateau d' My Folks in Fullerton. Post for RSVP. PM for directions...

An interesting article in the New York Times discusses an emerging trend in the criminal law in most of the American South: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/07/us/07shoot.html?hp&ex=1155009600&en=3466fb01a2227803&ei=5094&partner=homepage This is a pretty significant shift away from the...

I haven't noticed any skeptic groups in the Southeastern US. Do they exist? I live south of Atlanta. (For those unfamiliar with the area, that means I'm in the sticks.) Although my neighbors are mostly cows, chickens, trailers, and pine-board churches, I can get to the city easily enough...

Southern Baptists debate value of public education Public school may be bad, but this is a bit too much. A step closer towards the Saudi Arabian madrassas that get (and deserve) so much bad press.

Who would like to meet for brunch, say, elevenish in Pasadena prior to the Skeptics Society lecture (details below)? Sunday, November 16, 1:00pm (NOTE EARLIER TIME) The Future: Science Fact and Science Fiction Dr. David Brin The new millennium has people pondering the future as never...

Haunted town, haunted 'civic center', haunted house...haunted everything!!! What more could you ask for?

Part of southern Scotland was inhabited by Anglo-Saxons before the Scots gained possession of it. If Scotland gains independence, these areas should become part of England. [Edited to add: And the Orkney Islanders and Shetlanders used to speak a Norse language called Norn until they started...

I found this strange story and wanted to hear your comments on it. Southern Baptists start gay initiative Body reveals plan to convince gays to shift to heterosexuality http://www.msnbc.com/news/927816.asp?0cv=NB10