In this month of Harry Potter (the latest movie and the last book both debut in July), a short article in Time caught my eye. In it, the Harry Potter series is described as “radical” (compared to Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings trilogy and Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia) because there is no religion mentioned: “If […]
So, tonight I sit here wondering if there is any true justice, and any way to find middle ground on this one. “Scooter” Libby, an inner member of the Bush team, lies to a Grand Jury. He is prosecuted by a Bush appointee, found guilty by a jury, sentenced by a Bush appointee, and the […]
On June 8th I was listening to an NPR program called Science Friday. First let me say that this is one of my favorite programs. I LIKE these guys and what they do.
This is why I wanted to scream just a bit on this particular Friday. The subject was global warming in general and […]
This one is in part a response to Susan’s post Now Talk, but I can’t blame it all on her. In any event, here’s the connection.
I read the excerpt from Gore’s book that was printed in time magazine, and was impressed. OK, I’m a Democrat, and completely under-whelmed by my current choice of Presidential candidates, […]
There’s something I’ve wondered about on and off for a while, but Brian’s line in Burden of Proof got me thinking of it again:
“If you count “spiritual” it encompasses about 70% of all scientists.”
I used to assume that “spiritual” meant “religious,” but then I got out into the great big world and people weren’t […]
A recent issue of time magazine has an excerpt from Al Gore’s new book, “The Assault on Reason.” Judging by the excerpt, Gore has many thought-provoking things to say.
Look, I know it’s Al Gore…the vice-presidency, the run for president, “An Inconvenient Truth.” It seems people either like him or not, believe him or not…but […]
Early in my career I taught physics and astronomy at a private religious college in the heart of the Bible belt. I often found myself teaching students who were creationists. As a result there were times when I would find myself using terms such as “billions of years ago” or “over many millennia” […]
A US public High School student was recently arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. His crime was a violent, rambling, and poorly written essay completed as part of a creative writing exercise in his English class. It is quite clear from the essay, which is now available several places on the net including here, that […]
Recently Nightline held a “debate” on the existence of God. The debate was initiated by Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort, who claimed to be able to prove through science alone (without any appeal to faith or the Bible) that God exists. Representing the opposing team were Brian Sapient and Kelly of the […]
Recently I was reading an article on Daily Kos, and decided to check out the about page. At the end of it was an interesting turn of phrase:
We desperately need to catch the Right in the Blogger Wars.
This was after bragging about being the highest trafficked weblog on […]
