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Author: John Farrell
Writer and producer working in Boston.
How sloppy is the Boston Globe getting? Check out this whopper in Heller McAlpin’s book review of Christopher Buckley’s Losing Mum and Pup. Second, his only son, Christopher, came out in a Daily Beast column this past fall with, “Sorry, Dad, I’m Voting for Obama” – a defection that led to his readily accepted resignation… Continue reading
The Evolution of Protein Folding: Is a Crisis Brewing for Darwin? Historically speaking, there is a distinction to bear in mind between puzzles that prove a challenge to a scientific theory and puzzles that turn into a crisis. The Michelson-Morley experiment in the late 19th century proved to be a crisis for classical physics. So… Continue reading
A good post by Massimo Pigliucci: Scott — who is an atheist — has repeatedly said that one cannot claim that science requires atheism because atheism is a philosophical position, not a scientific one. She leverages the standard distinction between philosophical and methodological naturalism: if you are a scientist you have to be a methodological… Continue reading
I’ve got bad news for Christopher HitchensIt’s long been known by booksellers and publishers that the New York Times weekly ‘list’ has never really been a very accurate tally of what indeed is selling in the U.S. I recommend every once in a while taking a look at USA Today’s more accurate listing. It’s not… Continue reading