Category: John McCain
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...
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Posted by Nick Anthis at 6:43 PM • 8 Comments •
Category: law
Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, promotes legal exceptionalism through the recognition of sharia law
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Posted by Nick Anthis at 6:54 PM • 8 Comments •
Category: creationism
Who needs facts when you've got such a damn good-looking book?
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Posted by Nick Anthis at 6:32 AM • 42 Comments •
Category: creationism
Our lab received a copy of the Atlas of Creation too!
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Posted by Nick Anthis at 9:08 AM • 2 Comments •
Category: religion
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...
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Posted by Nick Anthis at 1:09 PM • 9 Comments •
Category: Republican Party
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...
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Posted by Nick Anthis at 4:30 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: elections
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...
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Category: stem cells
Wherein the Southern Baptists and I agree... sort of....
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Category: global warming
They're all sort of related, so here goes....
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Posted by Nick Anthis at 5:10 PM • 8 Comments •
Category: Fantastical Fridays
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!
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Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:45 AM • 9 Comments •
Category: religion
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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Posted by Nick Anthis at 10:45 AM • 5 Comments •