The platypus: a fantastically transitional life form

Neil Shubin recently published a book celebrating the discovery of a life form that clearly constitutes a transitional life form: tiktaalik, a fish that crawled out of the water by use of its rudimentary limbs. In a post in which I described Shubin's book (Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into…

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Cartoons!

Traditional American Family Nate Beeler, The Washington Examiner McCain the Maverick Keefe, The Denver Post Untapped Natural Resources Nate Beeler, The Washington Examiner Oso Cheney Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News [Amenazados = threats] [All cartoons reprinted with the permission of Cagle Cartoons.]

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John McCain’s honesty problem

McCain's honesty problem has been condensed into this short YouTube video by Robert Greenwald. The mainstream media needs to focus on what McCain himself has claimed.   This is not character assassination, but forcing McCain to deal with his own statements. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEtZlR3zp4c[/youtube]

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