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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.
October 31, 2007
Category: Evolution
Back in June, Brown University biologist Ken Miller published this review of Michael Behe's book The Edge of Evolution in Nature magazine. Considering the venue, Miller quite appropriately focused on Behe's rather dubious scientific arguments and showed that they were...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 5:51 PM • 196 Comments •
October 29, 2007
Category: Religion
At least, that is the conclusion you would inevitably come to if you read Town Hall on a regular basis. The wesbite that boasts of being the first conservative web community seems to have a yen for anti-atheist propaganda. For...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 9:06 PM • 9 Comments •
Category: Politics
Former World Chess Champion and current political activist Garry Kasparov appeared on Bill Maher's program the other night. The entire, seven minute interview is worth watching, but I especially liked this part:...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:09 PM • 8 Comments •
Category: Religion
This week's New York Times Magazine has this lengthy article suggesting that the evangelical voters are modertaing their views a bit: So when Fox announced to his flock one Sunday in August last year that it was his final appearance...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:32 PM • 9 Comments •
October 25, 2007
Category: Politics
Writing at the Cato Insititue blog, Chris Edwards believes he has found the Ann Coulter of the left: For those who think that it's just conservatives, such as Ann Coulter, who are mean-spirited, they should check out the new book...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 4:32 PM • 22 Comments •
October 24, 2007
Category: Religion
Another day, another debate between Christopher Hitchens and a defender of the faith. This time it was Dinesh D'Souza. The video of the procedings can be found here. It was a frustrating debate. Through most of it I felt D'Souza...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:01 PM • 25 Comments •
Category: Politics
Columbia University Law Professor Michael Dorf uses the Dumbledore flap as a teachable moment: These principles may seem obvious enough when considering the relation of a fiction writer's intentions to her text, but they are highly contentious when it comes...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 4:55 PM • 6 Comments •
October 23, 2007
Category: Literature
Christian apologist John Mark Reynolds answers no: Recently, J.K. Rowling announced to the world that one of her characters, the heroic mentor of Harry Potter, Dumbledore was gay. Nonsense. There is no evidence of it in the books and the...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 1:37 PM • 48 Comments •
Category: Anti-Creationism
I see P.Z. Myers already has the video of Bill O'Reilly's interview with Ben Stein. But just in case you're at work and don't want to get caught watching such filth, I have taken the liberty of providing a transcript...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 12:40 PM • 28 Comments •
October 22, 2007
Category: Literature
J.K. Rowling made some news at Carnegie Hall the other night: But when the questions began -- they had been submitted by audience members before the event -- she came into her own. Finally able to talk freely about the...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:01 PM • 9 Comments •
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