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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Can Nuisance Suits Stop the Insidious Spread of Evolutionary Understanding?

Apparently the Pacific Justice Institute is suing a couple of Berkeley professors for putting up a website that explains evolution. The PJI apparently sues anyone who might constrain Christian evangelism in America, including in public schools. I read about this current suit here, on CitizenLink.org. CitizenLink is a newsletter for…

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More about the Worst President Ever

In my daily scan of Creationism related news, I found this historical analysis of presidential faux pas. Author Wm. C. Shelton explains in detail how Dubya's lowest presidential approval rating in history is not his reason for rating our present leader the "Worst Ever": The measure of a bad presidency,…

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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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