Steve Matheson does some quick and telling research showing why working biologists actually don’t preoccupy themselves with ‘darwinism’ and ‘darwinian’ …as much as creationists do. It’s a science thing.

Can You See the Straw Man?Atheist arguments for the alleged irreconcilability of faith and reason are often based on, shall we say, faulty presuppositions. Case in point: Jason and his readers are applauding Jerry Coyne’s negative review of the books by Ken Miller and Karl Giberson. Like most materialists, Coyne has constructed a straw man… Continue reading

Adult Beverages Dept.Here’s a name of good omen (for those of you so metaphysically inclined). I found this at Marty’s, opposite the Whole Foods in Newtonville. A nice merlot for Sunday or any other occasion. Not too sweet.

Max Borders on the Think Tank Bubble. (If there’s anything serious conservatives don’t need if they want to revitalize the movement, it’s more think tanks.)

I’ve never met Amy Welborn, but we’ve been email/blogger buddies for a couple of years. She’s a hard working author and mother. Today comes the terrible news that her husband collapsed and died suddenly. Keep her and her children in your thoughts and prayers.