Managed to miss all of the rain today. I'll celebrate with some links. Science:
Pessimistic Pooches? Depressed Doggies? Not So Fast!
How Fractals Can Explain What's Wrong with Wall Street
Völkerwanderung back with a vengeance
Other:
Public Education: Stop the Attacks and Fund Quality Education for All
'Suburban Nation': 10 Things To Hate About Suburban Sprawl (PHOTOS)
How Religion Is Killing Our Most Vulnerable Youth
The Dying Art of Political Explanation
Politicians, Watch Your Grammar
Minimal Wages for All (the argument at the end is key)
How did the American Left lose the working classes?- Part one
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Rumor has it that the rain is supposed to stop tomorrow. Let's celebrate with some links. Science:
Your disease, your fault
How Science Museums Are Promoting Civil Religion-Science Dialogue (I really like the way the Smithsonian's human origins exhibit dealt with religion too)
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by Philip H.
Now that the Election is over, there is the serious business of communicating and framing science to get back to. We learned a few things this year - science issues aren't yet ready for primetime debates, but if you ask cogent questions, and keep the number relatively small, you can…
Leslie Kaufman in the New York Times presents a disturbing tale of attempts by creationists to up their chances of slipping religion into science classrooms by piggy-backing it onto "balanced" instruction of climatology.
The linkage of evolution and global warming is partly a legal strategy: courts…
Thank you so much for the link.
I am currently in the process of becoming an UnChristian (it's harder than you think it is!) and Bishop Robinson's piece is just what I needed to read today, so thanks.
I still miss the social events, but damn, what a relief it is not to have to listen to that shit any more.