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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.
September 25, 2008
Category: Academe
My friends, I have just read one of the dopiest essays I have ever seen in my life (and regular readers of this blog know that's really saying something.) It is called “The Disadvantages of an Elite Education: Our Best...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:30 PM • 31 Comments •
September 23, 2008
Category: Politics
Over at Discover's blog, Melissa Lafsky has an interesting account of a debate between Christopher Hitchens and Lorenzo Albecete, on the subject of -- what else? -- God. Lafsky writes:...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:00 PM • 24 Comments •
Category: Politics
Be sure to have a look at Sam Harris' excellent editorial about Sarah Palin in the current issue of Newsweek magazine: We have endured eight years of an administration that seemed touched by religious ideology. Bush's claim to Bob Woodward...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:30 PM • 18 Comments •
September 22, 2008
Category: Religion
As a near-perfect corroboration of my assertion, in the previous post, that religion has been pushed straight out of the back seat and into the trunk as a respectable intellectual enterprise, check out the line-up of speakers at a forthcoming...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:19 PM • 74 Comments •
Category: Religion
Steven Weinberg has a characteristically insightful essay in The New York Review of Books on the conflict between science and religion. He writes, with respect to people who insist there is no conflict between them: Some scientists take this line...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:03 PM • 35 Comments •
September 16, 2008
Category: Politics
Yesterday, John McCain said this: We know there has been tremendous turmoil in our financial markets and Wall Street. And people are frightened by these events. Our economy still, the fundamentals of our economy are strong. “The fundamentals of our...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:46 PM • 86 Comments •
Category: Politics
So far I'm really liking Rachel Maddow's new MSNBC show. She reminds me a lot of what Keith Olbermann used to be (and sometimes still is). On last night's edition she had a nice summary of precisely how pathetic the...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:13 PM • 12 Comments •
September 15, 2008
Category: Evolution
Update (9/16/08) : I forgot to include the link to the evolution carnival mothership! Please go here for more information. Its carnival time! Thanks to everyone who sent me submissions for the big party. There were too many, alas, to...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 8:06 PM • 42 Comments •
Category: Evolution
The Anglican Church has decided to apologize to Darwin for the rude manner in which their nineteenth century forebears responded to evolution. That's decent of them, I suppose. Spearheading the effort is Malcolm Brown, Director of Mission and Public Affairs....
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:05 PM • 55 Comments •
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