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Chris Mooney is a visiting associate in the Center for Collaborative History at Princeton University and the author of three books, The Republican War on Science, Storm World, and Unscientific America.
Sheril Kirshenbaum is a marine biologist and author at Duke University. Sometimes she's a classicist, radio jock, or congressional staffer. Never sure what's next, she continues to enjoy the journey. For more information, visit her website.
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January 30, 2009
Category: Books
I know, the Bush administration is history. So, I've argued, is the "Republican war on science." But if you never yet got a copy of the book of the same name, now's the time--Amazon is selling the paperback, new, for...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 3:36 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Travel
While in Shreveport, Louisiana also we stopped at the Science Center to stretch our legs in the gift shop. Friendly folks, but still a reminder of the unfortunate Pluto affair. About half of the solar system mobiles, puzzles, and...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 2:00 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Culture
Maybe teenage geeks and fantasy-loving atheists have a shared faith after all? As Dylan Otto Krider reports over at the Colorado Daily, a University of Colorado postgraduate named Theo Zijderveld is making a serious argument to this effect: For the...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 12:23 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Culture
Properly driving cross country involves stopping at unusual roadside attractions and sampling every regional delicacy you find. And once the landscape gets monotonous, calling into the local pop radio station to say you'd like to fill in as their guest...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 11:00 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Travel
The wind drowned out my commentary over the river, but watch for the train:...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 8:30 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Books
Thanks for Eric Roston for being tech savvy enough to capture this....
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 6:59 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 29, 2009
Category: Conservatives and Science
My latest Science Progress column is up: It makes the case that Stephen Colbert is the heir to Johnny Carson in terms of talk show promotion of science. It also includes various lame and stupid talking points that I made...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 1:45 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Updates
This morning I woke up in Mississippi. Our highlight so far was Dreamland BBQ in Birmingham, Alabama. Has anyone been there? I also gave The Flip a try when the sun appeared in Georgia, so here goes a test...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 12:04 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Culture
So...I have a new home. Just two days ago now, I arrived in Princeton, New Jersey and occupied a new apartment here, along with the fiance and the puppy. Los Angeles was a blast, and it's somewhere I think...
Posted by Chris C. Mooney at 10:09 AM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 28, 2009
Category: at the interSeCtion
By the time this post publishes, I'll be on the open road somewhere between the Atlantic and Pacific. I'm leaving NC a couple months to circle the states for meetings, talks, and some fun along the way. Stopping soon at...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 11:00 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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