Epsilon Clue

If you know who John Davison is, you may want to read his new new blog, The End of Evolution. If you don’t know,

One of the things that’s got to be frustrating about astronomy is just how little astronomers have to work with. They can’t walk up to a star and stick a thermometer in it or weigh it on a scale. They can’t even go around a star and look at it from a different angle. They […]

If airports set up special lines at security checkpoints for Muslims, as various right-wingers have been suggesting, may I suggest an express line for atheists, with lighter security checks? After all, when’s the last time an atheist hijacked a plane, or drove a car bomb into a schoolyard, or blew up an abortion clinic, an olympic stadium, an office building?

For those who didn’t know, Coral Ridge Ministries is producing a TV show to appear in a few days, called Darwin’s Deadly Legacy. Judging by the preview, it’s going to be one long argumentum ad Hitlerum, along with a heaping dose of evolution denial, and a bit of Columbine thrown in for good measure.

The Pensacola News Journal has an article about a program called I LOVE Science, in which volunteers teach school children science with hands-on activities. “Science is fun, and you get to do things that are new to you,” said Ryan Gilley, 10. “You get to know how things work and the way they are made.” If they can instill a love […]

Don’t mind this, I’m just helping Karl. coward coward coward coward coward coward coward coward coward coward

According to Kent Hovind’s weblog, the date for his trial (58 counts of tax evasion, for those who’d forgotten) has been postponed until Oct. 17, so we’ll have to wait an extra five weeks for him to start getting his comeuppance. Oh, well.

Bill in Portland Maine makes some sensible comments about airport security, but with more snark and links than I could muster: A quick check on airport security: Liquids and gels have been banned in carry-on baggage. This is silly and ineffective.  But aren’t ya glad they thought of it 5 years after 9/11? X-ray machines are reliable tools […]

Would you sacrifice justice for positive results? Let’s say someone introduces a program — say a combination of education and neighborhood watch, or something — that has been shown to reduce the level of crime in a neighborhood. In towns and neighborhoods that have instituted this program, there are only 10% of the muggings, 10% of […]

I like Dean’s Fifty-State Strategy. For those who haven’t been following along, the idea is that for years, the Republicans and Democrats have been concentrating their campaign money where they think it’ll do the most good. Thus, for instance, the Democrats would realize that they’re not going to win some rural seat in Georgia, and […]