Ken Miller guest-blogs at Carl Zimmer’s site on the latest antics of Discovery Institute flak Casey Luskin. Update: Here’s part two. And part three.

Steve Matheson kicks off the new year in science with a great post on clonal interference.

For my New Year’s resolution, I’m going to follow Ed Feser and be much more serious about the Metaphysics of the Martini.

The Village Voice cuts its own throat (in a manner of speaking): Mr. Hentoff said he learned the news in a phone call with Mr. Ortega on Tuesday morning. “I’m 83 and a half. You’d think they’d have let me go silently,” he said. “Fortunately, I’ve never been more productive.” Mr. Hentoff plans to continue… Continue reading