Senator Mark Kirk‘s statements denying climate change were not only confusing, but also historically and scientifically inaccurate. We were glad to se…e him come out and clarify his views on climate change today, but we want him to take the next step. It’s time for Senator Kirk to [...]
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Radical Republicans
If you like science denial .. try this one:[...]
Mike Pense on Creationism
Mike Pence Wants Creationism Taught In Public Schools Pence rejects evolution, claims creationism is the only rational explanation. PATHEOS.COM|BY PROGRESSIVE SECULAR HUMANIST EXAMINER[...]
As Temperatures Soar
GOP AGs warn Dems that if climate skeptics can be prosecuted for ‘fraud,’ so can alarmists If Democratic attorneys general can pursue climate change skeptics for fraud, then also at risk of prosecution are climate alarmists whose predictions of global doom have failed to materialize. The “cuts[...]
It’s rather ridiculous to name something as phallic as a tunnel boring machine after a woman.
Over at Crosscut, Knute Berger writes abut the role of the Washington State Department of Transportation We have another candidate for a Knowsitall award. Knute Berger is the self appointed guru of Seattle journalism, a relic actually of the glory days when David Brewster fostered good writing as [...]
Presidential leadership in biomedicine should be an issue in the Wisconsin primary
Opposing views of Clinton and Sanders on biomedical research Opinions about science matter. This especially true in the case of stem cell biology where Republican religious views of human life have obstructed an entire field of biology. Tomorrow’s primary is in the state where stem cell [...]
Supreme Court Justice claims human species is 5,000 years old
Thanks to the magic of politics, any lawyer with good connections can get on the Supreme Court, because Justices are appointed by politicians elected by (fill in blank). “Class of 2015, you should not leave Stone Ridge High School thinking that you face challenges that are at all, in any impor[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Modern Blasphemy
Could there by a God? Yes. For a Jew who accepts Torah, then there is a God. because , as Maimonides taught, our Jewish beliefs come from revelation .. the Torah. But, Maimonides taught that given its age, human error, and parlous transmission,the Torah needs t be open to ongoing interpretation.[...]