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scientificactivistprofile.gif An Oxford graduate student by day and a scientific activist by night, Nick Anthis isn't letting his Ph.D. research in protein structure get in the way of defending scientific and social progress.

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McCain's Own Agents of Intolerance

As the media circus over Jeremiah Wright continues, it should give us pause that the media hasn't decided to focus on John McCain and his embrace of a wide range of religious bigots. Although McCain once called these men "agents...

Archbishop to England: Take Your Fancy Schmancy Legal Tradition and Shove It

Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, promotes legal exceptionalism through the recognition of sharia law

More Impressions of the Atlas of Creation

Who needs facts when you've got such a damn good-looking book?

A Book, Stunning in Both Its Beauty and Its Ignorance

Our lab received a copy of the Atlas of Creation too!

Christopher Hitchens: Karl Rove is an Atheist

In a recent interview published in New York Magazine, writer Christopher Hitchens is asked "Has anyone in the Bush administration confided in you about being an atheist?". His answer: Well, I don't talk that much to them--maybe people think I...

"Moderate" Republicans Pander to the Religious Right

As 2008 approaches, many of the Republican contenders for the Presidency will try to paint themselves as moderates. An article in today's Washington Post, though, underlines why we should be weary of their empty rhetoric. Romney, who is expected to...

Please, Please, No More Rick Perry

This won't be news to anyone from Texas, but our governor, Republican Rick Perry, is a walking disaster. From The Dallas Morning News: SAN ANTONIO - Gov. Rick Perry, after a God and country sermon attended by dozens of political...

This Is Exactly What I'm Talking About

Wherein the Southern Baptists and I agree... sort of....

Global Warming, Creationism, and Religious Nutcases

They're all sort of related, so here goes....

Fantastical Fridays: Psychedelic Psilocybin Psychology

Now here's an experiment I would have liked to take part in. Researchers from Johns Hopkins systematically test the psychological effects of the hallucinogenic drug psilocybin, and the results are pretty positive. Not only that, but a significant number of participants rate the experience as the single most meaningful one of their lives!

Science and Religion: Like Oil and Water

Although Francis Collins' goal of improving relations between science and religion is probably a worthy one, he seems to be all too willing to sacrifice his own scientific ideas when they contradict his religious views.

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