No True Scotsman, All Over Again
Over on the Antievolution bulletin board, an IDC advocate made the claim that people were simply being ridiculous to be
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Tancredo Believes in an Infinitely Plastic Past
From the Rocky Mountain News pages, one finds this: CREATE FIRST, EVOLVE LATER “Evolution explains changes in life. Creationism explains
Read moreOne More Political Hack Out
The Los Angeles Times reports that Interior Department Deputy Assistant Secretary Julie A. MacDonald resigned on Monday over her egregious
Read moreWar On Science Continues: Savannah River Ecology Laboratory on Chopping Block
There is news that officials in the Department of Energy (DOE) have decided to simply stop funding the Savannah River
Read moreThe Fair Use Thing
Shelley Batts wrote a blog post recently and used a figure from the scientific paper she was discussing to illustrate
Read moreDry Rot, Not Arson: The National Park Service and Science
I have a post up at the Panda’s Thumb by that title. The National Park Service may not have explicitly
Read moreDeath Without Notice: Marine Mammals and Aquaculture
A press release from the Living Oceans Society offers video and photographic evidence of three species of marine mammals killed
Read more‘Hi, my name is Kent Hovind, and this is my appeal.’
Local briefs | Local News | pnj.com The Pensacola News Journal reports that an appeal by Kent and Jo Hovind
Read moreLive, On Stage, AG Gonzales!
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, after rehearsing his lines on a grueling practice schedule over the past week, took his
Read moreRight Outcome, Wrong Reason
Over at Dispatches from the Culture Wars, Ed Brayton lays out the reasons why it is likely that Attorney General
Read moreAre ID Creationism Advocates Afraid to Acknowledge Past Debates?
The Discovery Institute’s big guns, John West and Bruce Chapman, had an opinion piece published in the Dallas Morning News,
Read moreStudent’s Recording of Teacher’s Views Leads to a Ban on Taping
Student’s Recording of Teacher’s Views Leads to a Ban on Taping – New York Times The article notes that the
Read moreSelling Sharks a Sacrament for Shady Suck-up
Independent Online Edition > Crime A Unification Church pastor from the United Kingdom was eager to score points with Rev.
Read moreJones, Luskin, and Text
Casey Luskin has responded to my earlier bit about his equivocation, saying he is closing the debate. Not hardly, Casey.
Read moreThe US Navy and the MMPA
For years, conservation groups and the US Navy have been involved in an intricate dance concerning the application of provisions
Read moreI Told You So
Ed Brayton has a post up about Alberto Gonzales’s casual denial of the Constitution of the United States. Given that
Read moreFlorida: Here We Go Again
Update: Drat, this is way old news. I’m backdating the post to put it in the proper place, but it
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