Freeman Dyson, one of my favorite scientists to read, at TCS Daily: I am especially optimistic just now because of a seminal discovery that was made recently by comparing genomes of different species. David Haussler and his colleagues at UC Santa Cruz discovered a small patch of DNA which they call HAR1, short for Human… Continue reading

Bush and the Press. Seems to me Ross is on the money again. Now there’s a difference, it’s true, between the coverage of Iraq and the coverage of Bush himself, and maybe there’s an argument to be made that even where the national press acquitted itself honorably in its treatment of discrete foreign-policy issues, it… Continue reading

PZ Myers kicks Bill Dembski’s ass. Again.(the guy must be a glutton for punishment)

I’m going to go out on a limb here and predict that this will send PZ and the likeminded into fits of squeaking rage. Happy Easter.

Krauthammer on the latest debacle: What exactly has the new multilateralism brought us? North Korea tested a nuclear device. Iran has accelerated its march to developing the bomb. The pro-Western government in Beirut hangs by a thread. The Darfur genocide continues unabated. The capture and release of the 15 British hostages illustrate once again the… Continue reading