The Uptake-org reports that “protesters remain inside Wisconsin’s State Capitol building tonight. They may be getting what they want. In this video the crowd erupts when told of a rumor that Republican Senator Dale Schulz has decided to vote against a bill to strip public employees of most of their collective bargaining rights.” I can’t…

First of all, it is not “your teenager” and if that is how you view the teenager, you’ve totally lost. Second, remember the ultimate truth that you knew when you were a teenager and that “your” teenager knows now: Teenagers know things that adults don’t understand. Most adults think this is something you “grow out…

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La falsedad de los universales humanos Existen universales humanos. Ahora concederme media hora para explicar por qué esto es correcto y falso a al vez. Pero primero, algo sobre el trasfondo y la definición. Definido del modo más simple, un universal humano es un rasgo, una conducta o una característica cultural que encontramos en todas…

First we had this: Deputy AG suggests shooting Wisconsin Demonstrators to Death Now, this: Indiana attorney general fires deputy over ‘live ammunition’ tweets aimed at Wisconsin protestors (sic) Ahh… if only it was always this easy.

House Bill 302 was tabled by the Education Committee of the New Mexico House of Representatives on a 5-4 vote on February 18, 2011, suggesting that it is unlikely to come to a floor vote before the legislature adjourns on March 19, 2011. A version of the currently popular “academic freedom” antievolution strategy, HB 302,…

A deputy attorney General of Indiana, responded to a tweet indicating that Wisconsin demonstrators might be swept out of the capitol building by police with this: “Use live ammunition.” Adam Weinstein, the original tweeter of the news from the Capitol building, who happens to be a journalist, writes: From my own Twitter account, I confronted…

Look up “telling a lie” in the dictionary and you’ll see this video clip next to the definition as an excellent example:

Sarah likes herself, which is good to know. But she is violating a social media networking rule called “sock puppetry.” Check it out.

Steven Newton, Programs and Policy Director for the National Center for Science Education: … Why is “neutrality” toward evolution such a disaster for college-bound kids? Evolution is the foundation of biology. Just as geologists cannot decipher the earth’s features without plate tectonics, and physicists cannot understand the interaction of light and matter without quantum electrodynamics,…

And other matters, including a summary of what happened in Texas. The Tennessee Senate has introduced a second anti- evolution bill and the debate over teaching intelligent design in schools continues. Dr. Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education updates us on the debate. Click here. More on Tennessee here, regarding…

Two Decades of Christian Nationalist Education Paved Way for Today’s War on Labor While some religious leaders have come together to voice support for public employees in Wisconsin, others view the attack on the public sector and unions as a holy war. Fundamentalist textbooks and other media have been used for indoctrination into a worldview…

The First Openly Gay Horse to run in a major race will be at the post today: Teachers Must Die:   You can make an Angry Birds birthday cake:

Or do people just say that this happens with insufficient evidence? In one study it was shown that local governments were using inadequate data to “justify marginalizing sex-related businesses…” a position they felt worthy of supporting even if it could be supported only by twisting the evidence. Have a look at Sex, Science, and Social…

A 6.3 earthquake has just struck the city of Christchurch, New Zealand, killing dozens and leaving dozens more buried in rubble with rescue workers trying to dig them out. On the TV this morning, the mayor of Christchurch told his story: Having just left a series of meetings, he was sitting on a balcony outside…