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Labor Day Bathtub reading, part 2
More tea! Good. Warm up the tub. Where were we? Caption from the Royal Society: A cast of the face of Sir Isaac Newton was made at his death in 1727. The original, now owned by the Royal Society,...
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Creationism vs. Christianity (a reprise)
This is an encore post, a repeat post from about four years ago, back in 2008. For some reason the post got a couple hundred hits one day this past week, probably from a reference at another blog that...
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Steve Schafersman, Texas State Board of Education District 15
District 15 for the Texas State Board of Education covers 77 counties in Texas’s northern Panhandle. It’s oil (Midland), cotton, Texas prairie and small towns, and lots of schools, and some...
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Swearing-in stew: Inauguration week olla podrida – Where are the dung beetles...
In no particular order, nor in any particular ardor, stuff of interest and consequence we should be talking about instead of soaking in Millard Fillmore’s bathtub and admiring the plumbing: Do they get...
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They’re coming for the science textbooks, again; join me in speaking up
I get e-mail, sometimes from the Texas Freedom Network. In this case, I’m happy to share. You need to know this. Would you sign the petition? Click Here to Sign the Petition Dear Ed, I’m worried about...
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Twitter open thread: Noah’s flood
No, the evidence doesn’t point to a Noachic flood. Evidence contradicts the idea. Welcome, @crazy_stairz @EdDarrell @paulmc107 @StrangerGirl2 @HomunculusLoikm @LogicBobomb, and anyone else who wants...
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Texas, the eyes of Darwin are upon you
Graphic from Colin Purrington, in commemoration of the kickoff of hearings at the Texas State Board of Education on science textbooks, September 18, 2013 Colin Purrington Tweeted, “Thanks, @ncse for...
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Blog carnivals? The Carnival of Evolution lives on!
Carnival of Evolution #67 is up at The Genealogical World of Phylogenetic Networks. Carnival of Evolution, No. 67 — Wallace centenary edition Carnival of Evolution #67 at Genealogical World of...
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All those animals on the ark? I don’t think so
No, I didn’t watch Bill Nye dissect Ken Ham in the science vs. creationism debate. I share with many other science-loving people a conviction that “debating” creationists is wholly irrelevant, and...
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Cross seas: Nature, or design?
Here’s just exactly the sort of thing that happens in nature that drives creationists nuts. How could this happen without God personally working to confuse and/or delight the photographer? Not to...
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