I’ve often complained that my home town’s once-great newspaper has completely lost its way. Here’s more proof. There’s a real war going on. Real people are dying for no good reason and the U.S. is funding this war. This tragic story of what is going on and why should be front…
A friend referred me to this video about a strange government facility in a low-crime area in Indiana. Interesting stuff. Any ideas of what this is? It does look as though the governmnent plans to put a bunch of people into this space. On the other hand, maybe this is…
In the May 18, 2007 edition of Science (available only to subscribers online), Paul Bloom and Deena Skolnick Weisberg consider why so many adults resist science. They cite a 2005 Pew Trust poll finding that 42% of people believe that humans have existed in their present form since the beginning…
It’s called the International Journal for Creation Research. I would call it The-Draw-The-Curve-Then-Plot-The-Data-Journal. After all, the end result is already guaranteed. It’s just a matter of getting out into the field to drum up evidence to support this foregone conclusion, no matter how tenuous. The Journal is sponsored by the Institute…
You've got to read this description of the new American embassy under construction in Bagdad (the title: "The Colossus of Bagdad"). This monstrous construction project is unbelievably arrogant and excessive. It will be the largest embassy on the planet. As an outpost, this vast compound reeks of one thing: imperial impunity.…