Reader’s Digest has listed Podiobooks.com, home–ahem–among other books, of my podcast of Doctor Janeway’s Plague. Congratulations to Evo Terra, Tee Morris and the rest of the crew at this great start-up. I’m proud to be part of it.

Hitch: Many people write as if the sectarian warfare in Iraq was caused by coalition intervention. But it is surely obvious that the struggle for mastery has been going on for some time and was only masked by the apparently iron unity imposed under Baathist rule. That rule was itself the dictatorship of a tribal… Continue reading

Although Ken Miller is widely regarded as a superb teacher, not many people know he also has a great sense of humor: Kenneth Miller, professor at Brown University and expert witness for the plaintiffs in the Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, replied to William A. ‘Divine Wind’ Dembski this morning with some suggestions for… Continue reading

Dale Davenport at the Patriot News is just one example of mainstream journalists who are wearying of the mendacity coming out of an institute supposedly concerned with the truth. It’s not unusual for the loser in a court battle to criticize the judge who ruled against him. But attempting to discredit the judge professionally is… Continue reading

Here’s a fantastic resource for teaching your children (and yourself) about our place in the universe.