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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.
December 30, 2009
Category: Religion
My post about science/religion disputes has prompted responses from my SciBlings Bora Zivkovic and Mike Dunford (here and here respectively. Since they are among my favorite bloggers, it pains me to have to disagree with them. Alas, disagree I must....
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 5:57 PM • 54 Comments •
December 29, 2009
Category: Miscellaneous
Saw Avatar earlier tonight. Short review: Wow! What a great movie! Slightly longer review: OMG! What a freaking awesome movie!! Longer review, with no spoliers (!!) below the fold....
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 11:45 PM • 31 Comments •
December 28, 2009
Category: Literature
I saw the new movie Sherlock Holmes over the weekend. Short review: I liked it far more than I expected to, though it is a bit silly in places. Longer review, with a few spoilers, below the fold....
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:31 PM • 26 Comments •
Category: Religion
Does anything strike you as odd about the following sentence: Historians have shown that the Galileo affair, remembered by some as a clash between science and religion, was primarily about the enduring political question of who was authorized to produce...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 4:53 PM • 53 Comments •
December 21, 2009
Category: Politics
Democratic (!!) representative Bart Stupak, apparently concerned that the Senate health care bill is insufficiently misogynistic, might be willing to try to kill health care reform unless the anti-abortion language is strengthened: Stupak's continued opposition to the Senate plan, despite...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 5:57 PM • 12 Comments •
December 20, 2009
Category: Politics
For an eloquent statement of what I have been trying to say for the last few days, have a look at this essay by Yale University Political Science Professor Jacob Hacker. Hacker is generally considered the father of the public...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:13 PM • 15 Comments •
December 19, 2009
Category: Miscellaneous
Gosh, there sure is a lot of snow out there! Update (1:00 am): Whoo hoo! My street just got plowed. God bless taxes!...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 4:03 PM • 7 Comments •
December 18, 2009
Category: Politics
As I think I have made clear in my last two posts, I am as annoyed as anyone about the way the health care debate has played out in Congress. But there is one line of complaint that I do...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 10:04 PM • 29 Comments •
December 17, 2009
Category: Politics
I'm talking about the health care bill, of course. The people I tend to trust on these sorts of questions, such as Robert Reich and Paul Krugman (here and here respectively) say the bill does more good than harm, and...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 8:27 PM • 33 Comments •
December 15, 2009
Category: Politics
I have always scoffed at people who say there is only the Republicrat party in this country, but after reading this depressing piece by Matt Taibbi in Rolling Stone I'm not so sure. What's taken place in the year since...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 10:33 PM • 19 Comments •
