This morning an alert reader called my attention to a Bloggingheads discussion between Ronald Numbers, a historian of science at the University of Wisconsin/Madison and self-described agnostic, and Paul Nelson, Discovery Institute young-earth creationist. I watched the debate with an increasing sense of unease in my lower mesentery. Nelson and Numbers engaged in an oh-so-civil [...]
From a surprising source, The Economist, comes this essay on the stupidity of the term “fundamentalist atheist” (the same goes for “militant atheists” and the like). Short excerpts:
First and most salient, as Oxford’s Tim Garton Ash writes, “there are no al-Darwinia brigades making bombs in secret laboratories in north Oxford.” Yes, sigh, many atheists like [...]
A double header today to celebrate Mark Buehrle’s perfect game for the White Sox on Thursday — the first such game for the team since 1922.
First up is Jessie, the attention-seeking cat. Pathetic, isn’t he (or she)? The moggie reminds me of my own days in grad school. If you were the human, how long [...]
