A Commercial You Won’t Be Seeing
Verizon Wireless has acquired Alltel Wireless. Remember the perky commercials featuring Chad, the personable Alltel Wireless salesman? And the four
Read moreMonth: January 2009
Missing Mike Majerus
Mike Majerus, the Cambridge zoologist and lepidopterist, died overnight between this past Monday and Tuesday. Majerus patiently rebutted both religious
Read moreFuz Rana: Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire
An old joke can be recycled… Q. How do you know when a professional antievolution advocate is lying? A. Their
Read moreLinux and Marvell Topdog Wireless
I got a Gateway MT6458 laptop computer back in October of 2007. One of the first things I did was
Read moreBegley and the Grand Conclusion
Sharon Begley had a piece in Newsweek magazine about scientists rethinking positions. Begley is not the retiring sort, apparently: Rare,
Read moreThe 23rd of January Rolls Around
I’m up late, so when it turns early on the 23rd, I’ll post this. On this day in 1960, the
Read moreTexas: Texas Freedom Network Blogs on Hearings
Check it out. There are several posts summarizing the action at the State Board of Education hearings earlier today.
Read moreAcademic Free-For-All Day
The Alliance for Science has a page up for Academic Free-For-All Day. Ever since that sad debacle known as the
Read moreLouisiana: Clearing the Way for Antievolution
This article points out what we knew from the outset, that the “academic freedom” law passed there was about nothing
Read moreThe Latest PETA Lunacy: “Sea Kittens”
NPR reports on the latest “People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals” (PETA) publicity campaign, this one aimed at reducing
Read moreDiscovery Institute: More Propaganda Misuse of “Academic Freedom”
The Discovery Institute, who told everybody for years that they should “wedge” “intelligent design” creationism into the public schools (and
Read moreGo Gators!
I was able to catch the game last night from part-way into the third quarter. As I tuned in Oklahoma
Read moreWhy Your Neighbor Hates Evolution
Lansing Community College had an in-service day today with round-table discussions. Diane and I had volunteered to lead three such
Read moreAnother Lawsuit Norm Coleman Can Look Forward to Losing
Al Franken will be certified as the winner next Monday in the Minnesota race for Senator against Republican Norm Coleman.
Read moreBush’s Partial Protection
A news item notes that President Bush signed three new national monuments into effect and is being praised by various
Read moreMedical and Journalistic Shading
Marcia Angell has an article in the New York Review of Books that considers three books touching upon modern medicine
Read moreTexas: Religious Antievolution’s Silly Season
An astounding experience related by Nelson Thompson in a previous thread deserves more attention. A recent experience has shown me
Read moreFragmentary Fossils
Mr. Elsberry; I came across the talk origins site on accident as I was doing some browsing about the subject
Read moreSteve Fuller’s Crusade
Sociologist and post-modernist Steve Fuller has joined the posting crew at Uncommon Descent, joining such luminaries as David Scott Springer
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