As Dan Kennedy points out, Dan Shaughnessy thinks he is something more than just a journalist. Dan Shaughnessy, the Red Sox’ co-general manager: [John] Henry and [Larry] Lucchino were in Phoenix yesterday at the owners’ meetings. I spoke with Henry late in the afternoon before he boarded a jet to fly home to Boston. I… Continue reading

Of Course You Realize This Means War Dept. The Discovery Institute’s reaction to an article in the Vatican’s official newspaper, critical of intelligent design and supporting the recent Dover, PA decision, is…sadly predictable. The official Vatican newspaper published an article this week labeling as “correct” the recent decision by a judge in Pennsylvania that intelligent… Continue reading

P.Z. Myers has an interesting post today on that supposed “orthodox dogma of Darwinism” we’re always hearing creationists complain about.

Just how utterly senile embarrassing is Walter Cronkite? Austin Bay has some thoughts…

Edward Feser, in an excellent piece at Tech Central, describes the philosophical varieties of conservatism: If you are still with me … you have no doubt already begun to see the relevance of metaphysics to conservatism, and in particular the relevance of the classical realist tradition to Weaver’s brand of conservatism. “Realist Conservatism,” as we… Continue reading