Mike Dunford is a graduate student in the Department of Zoology at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, where he studies evolution. He's also a contributer to The Pandas Thumb. As is the case with everyone else here, his opinions are his own, and do not necessarily represent those of any organization he is affiliated with.
July 31, 2007
Rudy Giuliani just announced his health care plan. It's not a winner. Of course, Rudy being Rudy, he couldn't just announce what his ideas are without any preparation. First, he had to warm up by spending a day or...
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Go read what Wilkins has to say about the "soft on terrorism" accusations that get thrown around so casually today. He's an Australian writing about a situation in Australia, but everything he said certainly applies here in the US....
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July 29, 2007
Over at Dispatches from the Culture Wars, Ed Brayton just highlighted a new, dishonest, and despicable attempt at spinning the casualty figures from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. This new spin is simple: military deaths under Bush aren't...
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July 26, 2007
Yesterday, my wife and I were talking about current events over dinner. Part of the discussion got a little bit...interesting: Me: "It looks like some of the families at Fort Lewis are upset with the post CG [commanding general]....
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July 25, 2007
I've been looking at the Ward Churchill case more than I expected. It might be because of the delicious irony involved. Churchill's misconduct was discovered, after all, as a result of the public hue and cry that came after one of his essays came to light - an essay that Churchill had titled, "On the Justice of Roosting Chickens."
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I'm now living in a state where the Governor thinks that a creationist is just who we need running the schools. Absolutely wonderful. I'd say more, but the Bad Astronomer did a much better job....
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A few of you might remember Ward Churchill. He's the University of Colorado professor who caused a stink a few years ago with an essay that compared 9/11 victims in the World Trade Center to Nazis. His remarks generated...
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July 23, 2007
The decision that the Interior department has made here is disturbing. Reviewing these ten decisions is certainly a good thing - particularly for the involved species. Unfortunately, the documents that FWS has made available to justify this decision show that while they might have finally set some limit on the degree to which they are willing to let political appointees interfere in Endangered Species Act determinations, it's not much of a limit.
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July 19, 2007
It's rare that I think one of these test results really fits me, but I'm afraid this one does. Your Score: Smartass You are 85% Rational, 57% Extroverted, 57% Brutal, and 71% Arrogant. You are the Smartass! You are rational,...
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It's another day, and Casey "The Energizer Bunny" Luskin is at it again, claiming that ID successfully predicted that "junk DNA" would be found to have a function. He has yet to explain how and why he believes that...
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July 18, 2007
The answer: massive, monumental, unashamed, unadulterated hypocrisy. The question: name one reason that Congress has an approval rating that's rapidly heading for negative numbers. It's the flipping hypocrisy. It's huge, its taken over the joint, and its on both...
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I like Chuck Schumer. He's a good New Yorker, with a good New York wit, and that - coupled with the fact that he's often right - makes him one of my favorite politicians to watch. Usually, he manages...
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July 17, 2007
In a recent Panda's Thumb comment thread, Pam asked (among other things) about our human species genetic Adam and Eve: I have been reading for the last few years now, that there is a consensus among the majority, that...
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July 16, 2007
Back in the middle of last month, I had a few things to say about Casey Luskin (DI flak) and his understanding of so-called junk DNA. It's now the middle of the month again, and Casey is again talking...
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July 14, 2007
...laugh. Or cry. Or both. Or something. I don't know. Just when it seems like the White House has managed to exhaust the possibilities when it comes to showing their complete and utter lack of regard for American troops,...
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July 5, 2007
(This is the second part of a continuing saga. Part one can be found here.) As it turns out, I actually did get a call back from someone at Comcast today - a gentleman from the Houston office called,...
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Up to this morning, I really thought I'd be able to get some real work done on this blog over the next couple of weeks. We're moving out of the hotel and into the apartment tomorrow (finally), and I...
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July 3, 2007
In the comments section of another thread over at Pandas' Thumb, I asked leading ID proponent Paul Nelson to explain why he thinks the differences between humans and chimps represent macroevolution and not microevolution. Dr. Nelson responded to my...
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I've got CNN on right now, and I'm watching Tony Snow trying to explain to the media exactly why the President's decision to commute the sentence of Scooter Libby wasn't a political decision. It's pretty damn funny, really. The...
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It's amazing what a difference a few short years can make. Once upon a time, many prominent Republicans believed that perjury was a crime so heinous as to warrant throwing the president out of office. Today, however, we find...
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July 2, 2007
When an anti-evolutionist attempts to publicly "explain" a scientific paper, it usually signals two things: you should read the paper for yourself, and you should not be surprised to find that the creationist "explanation" misrepresents what the paper really...
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