This is a fascinating video, which I learned of at Daily Kos. Now that we've dragged some of those wacko preachers out into the limelight, maybe it's time to focus those cameras on the bigots. Sunshine is great disinfectant. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8J9laUNgL4&eurl=http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/22/142132/498/133/520573[/youtube]
According to the AP, George W. Bush recently did a good and honorable thing: President Bush is backing legislation to prevent people from losing their jobs or health insurance based on genetic testing. Bush on Wednesday signed into law an anti-discrimination measure that drew enormous support in Congress. It forbids…
The next time someone gets all misty-eyed when talking about the saintliness of Mother Teresa, have them read this post by Ebonmuse at Daylight Atheism. Here's an excerpt: Teresa was a friend to vicious dictators, criminals and con men. As Christopher Hitchens documents in his book The Missionary Position, Teresa…
Slate asks why Bush hasn't given up his other amusements. Or maybe Slate is asking what is so damned patriotic about giving up golf. However you frame it, there's hypocrisy in the air.
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…