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Commentary on the Endless Dispute Between Evolution and Creationism
Jason Rosenhouse received
his PhD in mathematics
from Dartmouth College in 2000.
He subsequently spent three years as a post-doc at
Kansas State University.
Observing the machinations of the Kansas Board of Education
led to his unhealthy obsession with issues related
to evolution and creationism.
Currently he is an Associate Professor of
Mathematics at James Madison University,
in Harrisonburg, VA.
August 31, 2006
Category: Religion
Have a look at this interesting article, by Samantha Shapiro at Slate, about the decline of conservative Judaism. She writes: Since 1886, the Jewish Theological Seminary has sought to negotiate a middle ground between Orthodox Judaism, which (to vastly oversimplify)...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 1:35 PM • 6 Comments •
August 29, 2006
Category: Politics
Slate offers up this depressing article, by Amy Sullivan about how religious people view the Democratic Party: Which is why it is startling that in the two years since this Democratic revival began, the party's faith-friendly image has dimmed rather...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:02 PM • 19 Comments •
Category: Politics
Chris Mooney's excellent book The Republican War on Science is now available in paperback. So if you didn't buy it in hardcover, shame on you! But now you have a chanc eto redeem yourself. Kidding aside, Mooney does a first-rate...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 4:57 PM • 0 Comments •
August 27, 2006
Category: Religion
David Heddle provides a typical example of the mental gymnastics required to believe that God is all -knowing and all-powerful. He writes: Many of you know I live in a small town in New Hampshire. In a month or so,...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:10 PM • 62 Comments •
August 26, 2006
Category: Anti-Creationism
How bad have things gotten for the ID folks? They're pathetically excited about the publication of Jonathan Wells' new book The Politically Incorrect Guide to Drwainism and Intelligent Design. It used to be that the ID folks were keen to...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 5:30 PM • 6 Comments •
Category: Miscellaneous
It's been a good week for entertainment. I saw Snakes on a Plane, of course. Very enjoyable, though inevitably a bit disappointing given the hype. Needed more snakes. And Prison Break returned this week. I had to tape the premiere...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 4:23 PM • 2 Comments •
August 25, 2006
Category: Anti-Creationism
I am currently holding in my hands a little book called Evolution and Christian Faith, by Stanford University biologist Joan Roughgarden. I don't agree with Roughgarden's religious views, but she sure does a good job of nailing ID: Furthermore, neo-Darwinism...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:31 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Evolution in Pop Culture
That's the title of this article from the August 2006 issue of GeoTimes. The article is by Kathryn Hansen. The article details some of the difficulties faced by national parks and museums in communicating science to the public. It begins...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 1:11 AM • 3 Comments •
August 23, 2006
Category: Mathematics
The cable news channels have been falling all over themselves for the last few days, desperate to find something new to say about the JonBenet Ramsey fracas. Meanwhile, what do you suppose the lead story was on yesterday's edition of...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:46 PM • 3 Comments •
Category: Anti-Creationism
The Daily Howler has this disturbing report about the Q&A session from a recent presentation by Ann Coulter. Try to believe that a sentient human being actually asked the following question: QUESTION FROM SOMEONE EZRA KLEIN DOESN'T KNOW (7/28/06): Hi....
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:35 PM • 10 Comments •
