The Pentagon today announced the deaths of 14 more U.S. troops, bringing the total acknowledged U.S. troop deaths to 3,493 -- just seven shy of yet another grim milestone...which will probably be surpassed by the time anyone reads this post. Has anyone else noticed that the river of American blood is continuing…
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…
The other day I heard a local talk show host, bemoaning a recent case of child molestation involving a 14-year-old and a 5-year-old, wax problematic on how times have gotten so harsh for kids, that he wished we could return to a "time when kids could just be kids. Could…
Have you ever noticed that certain people who drive Very Large Vehicles tend to drive slower than everyone else? I followed a 4X4 pick-up truck of epic proportions this morning and the driver crawled along at just under 25 miles an hour on a 35 mph street. He--there's only one…