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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.
June 30, 2008
Category: Religion
I've just got back from a road trip to Marrowbone, KY (!!). Mostly I was there for a friend's wedding. Here's the church where the wedding took place. Pretty, but truly in the middle of nowhere. And, yes, I did...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:37 PM • 6 Comments •
June 25, 2008
Category: Evolution
Theistic evolutionists have a bumper crop of books to choose from this summer. I've already reviewed Ken Miller's new book Only a Theory. Michael Dowd's Thank God for Evolution! is on deck in my “To Read” pile. The subject for...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:35 PM • 97 Comments •
June 24, 2008
Category: Miscellaneous
I am totally drooling right now. (Hat tip: Andrew Sullivan)....
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:11 PM • 8 Comments •
Category: Religion
Over at Slate, Christopher Hitchens provides some much needed pushback against the deluge of Tim Russert hagiography:...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:41 PM • 4 Comments •
June 23, 2008
Category: Chess
The new issue of New in Chess magazine arrived in my mailbox this weekend. It contains an article by British grandmaster Daniel Gormally about what it is like to be addicted to the Internet Chess Club. I know the feeling...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 4:14 PM • 5 Comments •
Category: Politics
George Carlin was absolutely the very best stand-up comedian in the history of the business. Only Robin Williams in his prime was even in the same league. I have quite a few of his albums, and I find I can...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 3:55 PM • 6 Comments •
June 21, 2008
Category: Anti-Creationism
I have spent the last few days working my way through Ken Miller's new book Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul. (OAT) Short review: Worth reading, but also a bit disappointing. Now for the long review:...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 9:25 PM • 35 Comments •
Category: Mathematics
Thanks to David Killoren for directing me to this excerpt from Bloggingheads. Science writers John Horgan and George Johnson spend a few minutes disucssing the Monty Hall problem. Johnson recently reviewed Leonard Mlodinow's book The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:18 PM • 15 Comments •
June 20, 2008
Category: Science
That's the title of an interesting article from the current issue of The Atlantic, written by Nicholas Carr: Over the past few years I've had an uncomfortable sense that someone, or something, has been tinkering with my brain, remapping the...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 5:54 PM • 15 Comments •
June 12, 2008
Category: Administrative
I'm going to be hitting the road this weekend for one of my periodical tours of some of the great highways in the Northeast. I'll be visiting the 'rents at my New Jersey office, will jaunt on up to Brooklyn...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 9:46 PM • 5 Comments •
June 10, 2008
Category: Religion
Here's a delightful article from today's New York Times: The operation in the private clinic off the Champs-Elysees involved one semicircular cut, 10 dissolving stitches and a discounted fee of $2,900. But for the patient, a 23-year-old French student of...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:02 PM • 38 Comments •
Category: Religion
It seems giraffes are now considered kosher: I don't know how this escaped me, but a rabbi named Shlomo Mahfoud (which sounds like a made-up name, in the “Zohan” sense) has declared that giraffe meat is kosher. This must come...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:17 PM • 4 Comments •
June 9, 2008
Category: Politics
From Robert Novak's column in today's Washington Post: Shortcomings by John McCain's campaign in the art of politics are alienating two organizations of Christian conservatives. James Dobson's Focus on the Family is estranged following the failure of Dobson and McCain...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:36 PM • 13 Comments •
June 8, 2008
Category: Religion
Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Wheaton College English Professor Alan Jacobs argues that religion is overrated as a social force. My SciBling Razib has already written a lengthy response. Jacobs gets down to business in the third paragraph:...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 8:58 PM • 57 Comments •
June 7, 2008
Category: Evolution
Here's an interesting essay from Michael Ruse, published in the Georgia newspaper the Rome News-Tribune:...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:18 PM • 7 Comments •
Category: Chess
An interesting article from today's New York Times: The rapper RZA, a founder of the Wu-Tang Clan, sat in a suite on the 48th floor of the Mandarin Oriental hotel overlooking Central Park, staring at a chess game through a...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:45 PM • 1 Comments •
June 5, 2008
Category: Religion
Here's the Hamas Deputy Minister of Religious Endowment exposing a heretofore unexpected Jewish threat: “There are also theories that were invented by non-Jews, but they disseminate them, knowing that they are scientifically false, such as the theory of Darwin. Darwin...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 4:20 PM • 20 Comments •
Category: Anti-Creationism
Here's the latest from William Dembski: Colorado Governor Bill Ritter's signing of a transgender anti-discrimination bill points up the lunacy that ensues in a world without design. He then links to this article by Ross Kaminsky in the right-wing magazine...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 3:04 PM • 122 Comments •
Category: Anti-Creationism
The New York Times provides an update on the latest shenanigans of the ID folks:...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 2:17 PM • 4 Comments •
June 3, 2008
Category: Anti-Creationism
Looks like an exciting weekend in our nation's capitol. The sevetneenth edition of the World Humanist Congress will be in Washington D.C. from June 5 to June 9. I think I can be persuaded to go check it out! Click...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 5:14 PM • 1 Comments •
June 2, 2008
Category: Miscellaneous
Be sure to have a look at the crossword puzzle in today's New York Times. It's the bestest, most awesomest crossword ever! Actually, I haven't seen it yet. The Times does not make their crosswords freely available online (is there...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 4:33 PM • 9 Comments •
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