Michael Behe’s cross-examination started well. He answered the first four questions with as much confidence and aplomb as when he was answering the planned and rehearsed questions at the direct examination. For the record, those questions were: How are you? Professor Behe, do you have a copy of your deposition and expert report up there with you? And […]
Call me a wonk if you like, but I actually slogged through the Dover trial transcripts for Michael Behe’s testimony. I do hope you appreciate, gentle readers, the sacrifices I make for you. The nutshell version: Is Intelligent Design science that should be taught in school? It depends on what your definition of “is” is.
Popular Science has an article listing the ten worst jobs in science. #7 is Semen Washer. #3 is Kansas Biology Teacher. Thanks to JF for the tip.
As I wrote elsewhere, it looks as though the question is not whether the Intelligent Design Creationists will lose the Dover case, but how badly. But I don’t imagine for a moment that they’ll just throw up their hands and give up. So the question is, what’ll they do next?
From the Dover Intelligent Design trial, in Beth Eveland’s examination in day 3: Q. Do you have it in front of you? A. Yes, I do. Q. And can you tell us what it is? A. It looks to me to be a copy of a letter to the editor that I wrote. Q. And I’m going to ask you […]
Who the hell decided that it was a good idea to stir coffee with a midget straw? And why do people put up with it? When you prepare a can of tomato soup at home, do you stir it with a straw? When you make coffee at home and add sugar, do you reach for a […]
Michael Behe, a professor at Lehigh University, and one of the leading proponents of Intelligent Design, has been on the witness stand in the Dover ID trial. And it looks as though he had his ass handed to him. The York Daily Record writes: In his writings supporting intelligent design, Michael Behe, a Lehigh University biochemistry […]
Paul Waldman has an interesting article in the American Prospect. This view is embodied in what political scientists call the “median voter theory,” which posits that political success belongs to the party that positions itself closest to the voter who lies in the precise middle of the ideological spectrum. But who is the actual median voter […]
