Assorted Update

I find I’ve been blogging and exercising less, and interacting with humans more, recently. Probably a good thing, despite the imperceptible loss of muscle tone. So, assorted links: Software development life cycle diagram. For anyone in software, it rings all too true.

NationMaster stats toy. Awesome power!

Now, I’d like to comment on Rasmussen’s note that many religious people do indeed object to non-Christian teachers, and that’s why they have religious schools. My reaction of course is “exactly!” If you have a particular religious agenda (No non-Christians in role-model positions, say) then you should have a religious school, not a legislative movement to impose your religious views on the secular majority.

Now, is there an empirically demonstrable danger to safety and well-being that stems from having homosexuals employed by our state school systems? I doubt it. Iain Murray looks into it further and comes to no conclusion at all.