Olbermann on Fire
Category: Politics
Keith Olbermann delivered a nice smackdown of empty-headed Minnesota representative Michelle Bachmann on last night's Countdown:...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 4:47 PM • 10 Comments •
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Commentary on the Endless Dispute Between Evolution and Creationism
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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.
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April 23, 2009
Deferred Maintenance
Category: Miscellaneous
You might have noticed that the overlords have updated my blog template. That was very nice of them! Alas, it does mean that some maintenance is required over on the sidebar. I'm not likely to get to that for a...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 4:13 PM • 19 Comments •
The More Things Change...
Category: Politics
Browsing through S. T. Joshi's book Atheism: A Reader (Prometheus Books, 2000) I came across an excerpt from H. L. Mencken's writing from the Scopes' trial. It contained the following quote: Once more, alas, I find myself unable to follow...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 2:21 PM • 6 Comments •
April 22, 2009
Why Creationists Shouldn't Do Logic
Category: Religion
Here's Uncommon Descent's Barry Arrington holding forth on on the bleak conclusions he believes follow logically from atheism:...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 8:42 PM • 64 Comments •
April 17, 2009
Statham Finally Getting the Respect He Deserves
In the spirit of ending the week with lighter fare, don't miss this article, from Slate, extolling the considerable talents of action star Jason Statham. He is one of those actors who, even when he is in bad movies (as...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:17 PM • 5 Comments •
Bunting on Atheism
Category: Religion
The article by Julian Baggini disucssed in yesterday's blog post was a reply of sorts to this article by Madeleine Bunting. She starts with some encouraging words: This is Holy Week. It started yesterday with Palm Sunday and continues through...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 4:18 PM • 47 Comments •
April 16, 2009
The Teabaggers in a Nutshell
Category: Politics
I was going to write something up about those miserable teabagging dimwits, but I can not improve on the eloquent summary of Comrade PhysioProf. My longstanding no profanity rule prevents me from quoting any of it, alas, so you will...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 10:06 PM • 66 Comments •
Baggini on Atheism
Category: Religion
Via P.Z. Myers I came across this article by Julian Baggini. Baggini is the editor of The Philosopher's Magazine and the author of Atheism: A Very Short Introduction. The essay is rather weird. It begins with the standard brain-dead boiler-plate...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 5:33 PM • 43 Comments •
April 13, 2009
Ricky Jay Has a New Show
Category: Miscellaneous
Happy news from the Boston Globe: Let's just say that in these days of digital shock and computerized awe, Jay dazzles us the old-fashioned way: with his hands. He last appeared in Boston eight years ago in the Mamet-directed off-Broadway...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 11:43 AM • 1 Comments •
April 10, 2009
So Much for Self-Reliance
Category: Politics
Glenn Beck is not happy with the Obama administration: Glenn Beck is so outraged by President Obama's immigration plan that he was forced to ask on his show Thursday, “President Obama, why don't you just set us on fire?” In...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 11:48 AM • 14 Comments •
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