A subject near and dear to my heart since my legal career began is student newspapers. Fact of the matter is that student writers and editors, at least at the high school level, have diminished free speech rights with respect… Continue Reading
A professor at Amherst College predicts that the next big fight in the evolution-creationism debate will take place in Islamic circles. Salman Hameed claims that less than half of Muslims are comfortable with the idea of evolution, as compared to… Continue Reading
George W. Bush — not a Biblical literalist. Actual quote (the headline is deceptive): Asked whether the Bible was literally true, Mr Bush replied: “Probably not. No, I’m not a literalist, but I think you can learn a lot from… Continue Reading
Even the cat, while she’s curled up next to me on the couch while I’m trying to read myself into sleepiness at night. And here I thought dog farts smelled bad. Further evidence of a lack of intelligent design in… Continue Reading
From: Edwin KaginSent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 10:41 AMSubject: Evolution Wins Over Intelligent Design in Mock Trial in Kentucky! Last night, October 22, 2008, in Northern Kentucky, a rather remarkable thing happened. At Northern Kentucky University, within the shadow of… Continue Reading
I discovered an interesting counterpoint blog to my own, called PinPonPun. There, I saw a meme that apparently was circulating around a number of atheists but somehow never made its way to me. I challege other atheists and nonbelievers reading… Continue Reading
Your basic earthworm, you plop him down in a bunch of soil laced with particulate arsenic, lead, and copper, well, he dies. Why? Because he can’t digest those things. But these little babies eat up the heavy metals and like… Continue Reading
Because without understanding how it works, we could die. From disease, from starvation, or from stupidity. Read the whole op-ed here. Then (and only then — if you won’t RTFA, your opinion doesn’t count) feel free to debate, disagree, and… Continue Reading
Close genetic match found between recovered Tyrannosaurus rex DNA and modern-day chickens. Read all about it. If Jurassic Park ever comes to life, look for fillet of Tyrannosaur thigh as the secret ingredient on Iron Chef one day. Hat tip… Continue Reading
A relative sent me a video of a debate between an evolutionary biologist and a creationism advocate. Better yet, a young-earth creationist. I’ve sent him back a rather detailed critique of what I saw — suffice to say here that… Continue Reading