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The Zombie MP3

2017/05/13 Wesley R. Elsberry 0 Comments flac, mp3, npr, public domain

This is an interesting article from NPR, not just for the content on how better alternatives to the MP3 lossy

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Law and Politics Media 

Seen on PBS: Weird Guy from AEI

2014/09/29 Wesley R. Elsberry 0 Comments american enterprise institute, iraq

The PBS NewsHour this past evening had a guest on from the American Enterprise Institute, one Frederick Hagan. Mr. Hagan

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Law and Politics Media Science 

“Cosmos” and the Bruno Flap

2014/03/13 Wesley R. Elsberry 7 Comments

Neil deGrasse Tyson’s rebooted “Cosmos” series spent a chunk of time relating a version of the life of Giordano Bruno,

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Law and Politics Media 

False Balance in Fact Check

2012/10/23 Wesley R. Elsberry

The Chicago Tribune Fact Check on the debates goes for that false balance thing in the headline: “FACT CHECK: Romney

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Education Media Science Wildlife 

No One Expects the Comparative Anatomist

2012/01/09 Wesley R. Elsberry

Upcoming television series on PBS: Inside Nature’s Giants, begins January 18th at 10 PM. Professor Joy Reidenberg is an unlikely

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Law and Politics Media 

Judge Judy Runs a Court of Equity?

2011/08/112011/08/11 Wesley R. Elsberry

There’s a “Judge Judy” video clip being circulated where Judge Judy is deciding a case over unpaid rent. A young

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Media 

NCIS: LA “Found”: A Demurral

2010/08/26 Wesley R. Elsberry

I caught a repeat of the “NCIS: Los Angeles” episode, “Found”, earlier this week. There are synopses and reviews various

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Education General Media 

Prototypes and Archetypes

2009/11/012009/11/01 Wesley R. Elsberry

I went over to Wikipedia earlier this evening, hoping to find out what major University of Florida football quarterback Tim

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Media 

“The Daily Show” Chides CNN

2009/10/14 Wesley R. Elsberry

The Huffington Post has an article up concerning fact-checking. Saturday Night Live had a sketch where someone playing the role

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Antievolution Law and Politics Media 

In the Absence of Knowledge: Melanie Phillips

2009/07/272009/07/27 Wesley R. Elsberry ignorant prattlers, intelligent design creationism, melanie phillips

I just ran across a column from Melanie Phillips in the Spectator. In it, she wrongly accuses Ken Miller of

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Antievolution Media 

Skewering the Clueless in the Peoria Journal Star

2009/04/22 Wesley R. Elsberry biosonar

The Peoria Journal Star’s opinion page has a couple of recent entries. Here’s a disappointing rant from someone who claims

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Acoustics Media 

Acoustics Blooper in NCIS

2009/03/24 Wesley R. Elsberry acoustic localization, ncis

I saw the NCIS episode “One Shot, One Kill” and noticed a blooper in the show. Maybe that’s not that

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Media 

Doctor in the House

2009/02/022009/02/05 Wesley R. Elsberry doctor, jill biden, los angeles times, robin abcarian

Jill Biden earned her Ph.D. Ed.D. in 2007 in education. Robin Abcarian, reporter for the Los Angeles Times, must be

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Media 

A Commercial You Won’t Be Seeing

2009/01/28 Wesley R. Elsberry advertising, alltel, chad and the sales guys, verizon

Verizon Wireless has acquired Alltel Wireless. Remember the perky commercials featuring Chad, the personable Alltel Wireless salesman? And the four

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Antievolution Law and Politics Media 

Fuz Rana: Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire

2009/01/282009/01/28 Wesley R. Elsberry antievolutionist liars pantheon, BPSDB, darwin, fuz rana

An old joke can be recycled… Q. How do you know when a professional antievolution advocate is lying? A. Their

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Begley and the Grand Conclusion

2009/01/24 Wesley R. Elsberry sharon begley, slander against scientists

Sharon Begley had a piece in Newsweek magazine about scientists rethinking positions. Begley is not the retiring sort, apparently: Rare,

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Media Science Wildlife 

Bush’s Partial Protection

2009/01/06 Wesley R. Elsberry george w. bush, marine national monuments

A news item notes that President Bush signed three new national monuments into effect and is being praised by various

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Media Medicine 

Medical and Journalistic Shading

2009/01/052009/01/06 Wesley R. Elsberry

Marcia Angell has an article in the New York Review of Books that considers three books touching upon modern medicine

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Antievolution Law and Politics Media 

Steve Fuller’s Crusade

2009/01/02 Wesley R. Elsberry flying spaghetti monster, intelligent design creationism, steve fuller

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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Antievolution Law and Politics Media 

Casey Luskin on the Ad Hominem

2009/01/01 Wesley R. Elsberry ad hominem, casey luskin, Discovery Institute, paid shill, tu quoque

Casey Luskin shows that, once again, antievolution correlates with moral relativism. In a post criticizing Ed Humes, Luskin slips in

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