Larry Moran weighs in with some thoughts on Steve Matheson’s critique of Behe’s assumptions.
Month: August 2008
Carl Zimmer paints a brighter picture on U.S. Science Education. I keep hearing it lately—in conversations, dialogues, op-eds: The claim that the number of scientists being produced by U.S. universities is in decline. Or, that the number of students enrolling or majoring in science, at the undergraduate or graduate level, is falling. For a classic… Continue reading
Theodore Dalyrymple, on Childhood’s End: The British, never fond of children, have lost all knowledge or intuition about how to raise them; as a consequence, they now fear them, perhaps the most terrible augury possible for a society. The signs of this fear are unmistakable on the faces of the elderly in public places. An… Continue reading
Breaking News. When atheists start to organize, certain kinds of …intolerant, thoughtless, bullying behavior normally associated with …organized religion start to manifest themselves. Even at its best, organizations like NYCA (and some of their national counterparts) come across as strident, angry, and overall unpleasant. There certainly is a time and a place for anger and… Continue reading
Simon Blackburn has a nice review of Alan Sokal’s new book.