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Posts Tagged ‘Science’
May 15th, 2016 - 2:00 pm § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
Obama: ‘It’s not cool to not know what you’re talking about.”
Those words are from a commencement speech President Obama delivered at Rutgers University today. While not mentioning Donald Trump by name, or making specific reference to Republicans in general, the president deplored “this strain of anti-intellectualism” sweeping the country. He said,[...]
May 7th, 2016 - 8:22 am § in Uncategorized
‘What climate change looks like’
That’s the CNN headline this morning. Hot, dry, windy conditions have created a massive firestorm that’s consuming hundreds of square miles in Alberta’s oil sands region. “The fire raging in Fort McMurray, Canada sounds like something from the apocalypse,” CNN says. [...]
April 15th, 2016 - 9:03 pm § in Politics
Portrait of a Moron
“Bill Nye is as much a scientist as I am,” Palin said. “He’s a kids’ show actor — he’s not a scientist.” Technically, she’s correct — she’s not a scientist and Nye isn’t, either. He’s an engineer who became famous as a TV [...]
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[...]
January 30th, 2016 - 11:06 pm § in Politics
The Post Empirical Era
Newspaper columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. has finally put into words something that’s been bothering me for a long time: In the political world, and increasingly in other facets of life, facts no longer matter. Pitts also has coined a name for this new paradigm. He writes: “A lie can get hal[...]
November 16th, 2015 - 1:09 pm § in Religion
Video: 6 million years of human evolution in 60 seconds
This … … has brought us to this! https://youtu.be/qjnm3V0xYjI B-b-b-b-but how can this be? The earth is only 6,000 years old! and God made Adam and Eve (not Steve!) in 1 day! [...]