Very interesting debate between Richard Dawkins and Alister McGrath (and it’s a pity Dawkins didn’t use this in his final program). Also a pity Google video doesn’t allow embedding the way Youtube does…

Victor Davis Hanson: We need to confess that the jihadists are not only keen students of insurgency warfare, but good observers of the American psyche. We think their kidnapping, childish infomercials, gruesome tactics, and horrific websites are primordial and counterproductive; but they are more likely horrifically simple in inciting the most basic fears and self-preservation… Continue reading

Michael Behe’s first book in over ten years is now out. And judging from Mark Chu-Carroll’s review, it isn’t worth the wait. Hat Tip: Jason Rosenhouse.

The final installment of the debate between Hitchens and Wilson is here. For my money, probably the best debate yet. Wilson’s point strikes me as the strongest. How do you possibly base/found/maintain a civil society on a moral code that does not ultimately ground itself on the transcendent?

Dan Rayburn is not impressed by the new deal between Apple and Youtube: Some have predicted that this is now the first real integration of web video and the TV but I beg to differ. Is there any business model behind it? No. Will Apple they sell more Apple TV’s now? No. Does this give… Continue reading