…a star exploded seven and a half billion years ago. This star died before the Earth ever existed. Yesterday night, the light from that explosion, which literally travelled halfway across the universe, became visible on Earth Wednesday night. To the… Continue Reading
Ray Comfort is an interesting individual – a quasi-celebrity Christian preacher who likes to confront non-believers, particularly atheists. An untrained but fervent convert to evangelical Christianity, he uses a considerable intelligence and glibness to his advantage in debates. I recall… Continue Reading
One of the most irresponsible pieces of pseudoscience I have heard of recently is the refusal of parents to get vaccinations for their children because they fear that vaccinations will cause autism — a fear based on nothing but fear,… Continue Reading
Both of his supporters are expected to follow suit.
Why have we heard next to nothing from Hillary Clinton — who is obviously desperate to find some way to regain momentum against Barack Obama — about this whole Jeremiah Wright thing? Because, as it turns out, she’s vulnerable on… Continue Reading
This is a guy who at age 17 had accumulated a lengthy rap sheet of violent crime, and appears to have spent at least half his life behind bars. He was first charged with first-degree murder when he was 14… Continue Reading
Looks like three times this year, someone was snooping around without authorization in Barack Obama’s passport file. The people who did it were private contractors, and the State Department says that it looks more like idle curiosity than something political… Continue Reading
Astonishingly cute. Hat tip to the prolific Andrew Sullivan.
I’ve been wondering for quite a while why a civil union for a gay couple is not equal to a marriage for a straight couple. Obviously, the Federal government does not recognize any kind of same-sex family institution, so that’s… Continue Reading
Ian Ayres writes on the Freakonomic blog that classic racial discrimination is alive and well, at least with regard to tips to service providers like waiters and cabbies. Blacks both got lower tips, and gave lower tips, than their white… Continue Reading