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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...
Posted on: May 4, 2008 6:43 PM, by Nick Anthis • 8 Comments •
Category: law
Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, promotes legal exceptionalism through the recognition of sharia law
Posted on: February 8, 2008 6:54 PM, by Nick Anthis • 8 Comments •
Category: creationism
Who needs facts when you've got such a damn good-looking book?
Posted on: July 19, 2007 6:32 AM, by Nick Anthis • 42 Comments •
Category: creationism
Our lab received a copy of the Atlas of Creation too!
Posted on: July 18, 2007 9:08 AM, by Nick Anthis • 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...
Posted on: April 29, 2007 1:09 PM, by Nick Anthis • 10 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...
Posted on: February 13, 2007 4:30 PM, by Nick Anthis • 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...
Posted on: November 6, 2006 6:40 PM, by Nick Anthis • 4 Comments •
Category: stem cells
Wherein the Southern Baptists and I agree... sort of....
Posted on: September 7, 2006 7:37 AM, by Nick Anthis • 3 Comments •
Category: global warming
They're all sort of related, so here goes....
Posted on: August 15, 2006 5:10 PM, by Nick Anthis • 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!
Posted on: July 14, 2006 7:45 AM, by Nick Anthis • 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.
Posted on: July 13, 2006 10:45 AM, by Nick Anthis • 5 Comments •
