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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.
August 31, 2009
Category: Anti-Creationism
If you're in the mood for some Darwin-related reading, have a look at these four offerings from the website of the NCSE. They are reviews of four recent books about Charles Darwin. I recommend especially the eloquent smackdown of The...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 2:17 PM • 13 Comments •
August 30, 2009
Category: Anti-Creationism
My friends, there are certian times in your life when you are simply forced by events to reevaluate everything you believe and hold dear. For me, now is such a time. I have argued at length that the aggressive tone...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:28 PM • 52 Comments •
August 27, 2009
Category: Religion
The success of the New Atheist books has spawned an industry of book-length, pro-religion replies. I have read quite a few of them at this point, and have emerged far more confident in my atheism as a result. Some of...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 8:10 PM • 78 Comments •
August 25, 2009
Category: Religion
Over at Jeffrey Goldberg's blog we find a brief interview with Congressman Henry Waxman about how his Jewish faith informs his political views:...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 4:11 PM • 10 Comments •
Category: Religion
People often tell me that I have a skewed view of religion because of my frequent participation in creationist gatherings. Yes, obviously, the fundamentalists are out of their minds, and it is discouraging that they give religion a bad name...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 2:25 AM • 38 Comments •
August 24, 2009
Category: Anti-Creationism
Here's The Times of London planting a big wet kiss on Richard Dawkins in one of their lead editorials: Thomas Henry Huxley, the great contemporary populariser of Charles Darwin's ideas, declared it his aim to "smite all humbugs, however big;...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 2:14 PM • 12 Comments •
August 22, 2009
Category: Politics
I have been a huge Quentin Tarantino fan ever since seeing Reservoir Dogs in college. I have loved all of his movies, with Jackie Brown being the only item in the corpus that gets a rating below brilliant. So you...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 10:38 PM • 25 Comments •
August 21, 2009
Category: Anti-Creationism
I am currently working my way through the book The Evolution Controversy in America, written by historian George Webb and published in 1994. I got a kick out of the following quote. It will help to know that the Reverend...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 1:39 AM • 20 Comments •
August 19, 2009
Category: Legal issues
Speaking of crazy right-wingers, the Supreme Court's resident lunatic has been up to his old trick again. Alan Dershowitz administers the proper spanking: I never thought I would live to see the day when a justice of the Supreme Court...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:48 PM • 11 Comments •
Category: Politics
Barney Frank confronted one of those “Obama is a Nazi!” types at a town hall meeting the other day. Video here. QUESTIONER (holding a picture of Obama with a Hitler moustache): Why do you continue to support a Nazi policy,...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:27 PM • 32 Comments •
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