Begley and the Grand Conclusion
Sharon Begley had a piece in Newsweek magazine about scientists rethinking positions. Begley is not the retiring sort, apparently: Rare,
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Sharon Begley had a piece in Newsweek magazine about scientists rethinking positions. Begley is not the retiring sort, apparently: Rare,
Read MoreI’m up late, so when it turns early on the 23rd, I’ll post this. On this day in 1960, the
Read MoreCheck it out. There are several posts summarizing the action at the State Board of Education hearings earlier today.
Read MoreThe Alliance for Science has a page up for Academic Free-For-All Day. Ever since that sad debacle known as the
Read MoreThis article points out what we knew from the outset, that the “academic freedom” law passed there was about nothing
Read MoreNPR reports on the latest “People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals” (PETA) publicity campaign, this one aimed at reducing
Read MoreThe Discovery Institute, who told everybody for years that they should “wedge” “intelligent design” creationism into the public schools (and
Read MoreI was able to catch the game last night from part-way into the third quarter. As I tuned in Oklahoma
Read MoreLansing Community College had an in-service day today with round-table discussions. Diane and I had volunteered to lead three such
Read MoreAl Franken will be certified as the winner next Monday in the Minnesota race for Senator against Republican Norm Coleman.
Read MoreA news item notes that President Bush signed three new national monuments into effect and is being praised by various
Read MoreMarcia Angell has an article in the New York Review of Books that considers three books touching upon modern medicine
Read MoreAn astounding experience related by Nelson Thompson in a previous thread deserves more attention. A recent experience has shown me
Read MoreMr. Elsberry; I came across the talk origins site on accident as I was doing some browsing about the subject
Read MoreSociologist and post-modernist Steve Fuller has joined the posting crew at Uncommon Descent, joining such luminaries as David Scott Springer
Read MoreWilliam Dembski’s “explanatory filter” (EF) has been offered as a “rational reconstruction” of how work gets done in various scientific
Read MoreCasey Luskin shows that, once again, antievolution correlates with moral relativism. In a post criticizing Ed Humes, Luskin slips in
Read MoreDuring my recent trip, I was able to meet up with “Crossbow” from LinuxSlate.com. LinuxSlate is his site to give
Read MoreOld school creationist and antievolutionist Kent Hovind and his wife, Jo, were convicted of tax evasion, violation of laws against
Read MoreWe recently passed the third anniversary of the decision in the Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District case (this past
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