Really, you are not the first one to have heard that creationist claim you just heard. Almost guaranteed. The next time you hear something like any of the following, go to the Index to Creationist Claims published by TalkOrigins. Darwin himself was racist. Fairness demands evolution and creation be given…
In a recent interview published in Salon.com, Richard Dawkins was asked what we should do when science cannot provide answers we crave. Here's what he said: There are two ways of responding to mystery. The scientist's way is to see it as a challenge, something they've got to work on,…
Check out this piece on Huffpo, "Air America's ABC Blacklist," co-written by Josh Silver (Executive Director of Free Press) and Robert McChesney (co-founder of Free Press) This week 90 major corporations demanded that their ads be pulled from radio stations that run Air America programming, "demonstrating the fundamental challenge facing everyone…
Trying to have a baby is one important reason to have sex. There are other important reasons to have sex regularly, according to this article in Forbes: "Is Sex Necessary?" Refer to this article whenever someone preaches to you that the only proper reason to have sex is to have babies. The article is based on a study that correlated overall health with sexual frequency:
Queens University in Belfast tracked the mortality of about 1,000 middle-aged men over the course of a decade. The study was designed to compare persons of comparable circumstances, age and health. Its findings, published in 1997 in the British Medical Journal, were that men who reported the highest frequency of orgasm enjoyed a death rate half that of the laggards.Here are some of the health benefits to having sex on a regular basis:
The Onion is at it again. "This mission is absolutely vital, for the next week to 10 days will determine the future of our country," said Bush, who would not reveal what the operation entailed, only to say that it was "highly classified." Worth a look and a laugh.