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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, 2009
Category: Anti-Creationism
Here's an interesting tidbit from a blogger for the Indianapolis Star: Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett hurriedly called this morning to be removed from the speakers list at an annual conference on Creationism after accidentally agreeing to speak,...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 3:41 PM • 3 Comments •
Category: Evolution
A few weeks ago I took notice of a looming book fight between Richard Dawkins' forthcoming The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution and Jerry Coyne's book Why Evolution is True. I gave Round One to Dawkins on...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 2:24 AM • 9 Comments •
Category: Anti-Creationism
Kenneth Chang of The New York Times has now weighed in with an article about the big trip to the Creation Museum. A couple of interesting tidbits: Arnold I. Miller, a professor of geology at the University of Cincinnati and...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 2:05 AM • 10 Comments •
June 28, 2009
For me the big paleontology conference began on Wednesday morning when a group of us gathered to go to the Creation Museum. There were a couple of luminaries in attendence, including Eugenie Scott: If you look carefully you can make...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:58 PM • 160 Comments •
June 27, 2009
Category: Miscellaneous
Had a great time in Cincinnati, and will be doing a couple of posts about it shortly. In the meantime, how about some cat pictures to tide you over. Here's Emily in a pensive mood: And here she is on...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:45 PM • 13 Comments •
June 21, 2009
Category: Anti-Creationism
Tomorrow I will be leaving for sunny Cincinnati, Ohio to participate in the 9th North American Paleontological Convention. On Thursday I, along with fellow Panda's Thumbers Art Hunt and Richard Hoppe, will be participating in a panel discussion on “Countering...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:28 PM • 12 Comments •
Category: Politics
Meghan McCain appeared on Bill Maher's show the other night. One of the other guests was Democratic strategist Paul Begala. The following exchange took place: McCAIN: The Obama administration really has to stop completely blaming everything on its predecessor, completely....
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:17 PM • 8 Comments •
June 18, 2009
Category: Evolution
In 2002 I attended an ID conference near Kansas City. Among the speakers was philosopher J. P. Moreland. During his talk he unleashed a broadside against Michael Ruse, accusing him not only of perjuring himself during the famous 1981 Arkansas...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:31 PM • 79 Comments •
June 17, 2009
Category: Politics
It doesn't happen often, but there are times when MSNBC commentator Chris Matthews really comes through. Here he is commenting on the difference between Obama's handling of the aftermath of the Iranian elections and the reaction of his Republican critics:...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:43 PM • 22 Comments •
June 15, 2009
Category: Mathematics
A relative of mine just sent me the following brainteaser. Since it never hurts to flex one's mental muscles, I thought I'd pass it along: It is the month of August; a resort town sits next to the shores of...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 2:46 PM • 30 Comments •
