Archives for May, 2010
Southerners are crazy
Posted by Josh Rosenau on May 31, 2010 Daily Kos asks 1200 voters: Most astronomers believe the universe formed about 13.7 billion years ago in a massive event called the Big Bang. Do you think that’s about right or do think the universe was created much more recently? Saints be praised, 62% of the public accepts the Big Bang and a 13.7 billion…
Repost: Too Many Martyrs
Posted by Josh Rosenau on May 31, 2010 A year ago today, George Tiller was murdered in cold blood. Tiller was a Wichita OB/GYN known for being one of the few doctors who would perform third trimester abortions. Scott Roeder came into Tiller’s church, where Tiller served as an usher, and shot him to death before his family and friends. In memory of…
Brother can you spare a rib?
Posted by Josh Rosenau on May 30, 2010 Shorter Billy Dembski: BEACON comes home with the bacon!: Why doesn’t the NSF give meeeeee $25 million? “Wah!” would’ve been even shorter, but would limit my ability to distinguish this whine from every other post at Dembski’s blog.
Science vs. Religion in the Washington Post
Posted by Josh Rosenau on May 28, 2010 My review of Elaine Howard Ecklund’s Science vs. Religion is online and will be in the print edition of your Washington Post this Sunday. I’m unaccustomed to reviewing books in 300-400 words, so there’s a bunch I’d have liked to say but couldn’t, and I felt like I should wait to blog the book until…
Nothing ever changes
Posted by Josh Rosenau on May 24, 2010 Shorter Martin Cothran: How Whiteliberaldemocrats voted on the Civil Rights Act of 1964: Rand Paul can’t be a racist for opposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in 2010 because there were racist Democrats who opposed it in 1964. Cothran doesn’t know why everyone is beating up on Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul for saying…
Gaps in the resume
Posted by Josh Rosenau on May 24, 2010 Before they discovered Casey Luskin, the Disco. ‘Tute’s legal nerve cluster resided in Seth Cooper. Cooper offered his sage advice to the school board in Dover, PA, then left first for the staff of a state legislator, and then high-tailed it to a conservative legislative activism group in DC, leaving Disco. to Casey. Disaster ensued.…
To be a fly on that wall
Posted by Josh Rosenau on May 24, 2010 From Eric Hovind’s twitter feed, we get a photo and a caption: Hanging out with Dr Stephen Meyer from the Discovery Institute. Wow, smart guy! For those who can’t keep track, Hovind is the son of Kent Hovind, currently serving time in a federal prison on charges related to tax evasion. Hovind created “Dinosaur Adventure…
Deep thought
Posted by Josh Rosenau on May 23, 2010 Rand Paul is a wuss. I mean canceling his appearance on Meet the Press just means we won’t be treated to his explanations for opposing widely beloved government programs like the EPA, Civil Rights Act, FHA, minimum wage. Have some courage of your convictions, Rand!
Obama’s war on science: Disputing the ID of a vole
Posted by Josh Rosenau on May 21, 2010 l cannot fathom why Robert Gibbs, the President’s Press Secretary, would dispute that the animal scurrying past the President’s feet is a vole. The short tail, the shape, the fur, all scream meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus). And yet: “Where I’m from, that’s a rat” Press Secretary Robert Gibbs declared Friday, a day after whatever-it-is scurried…
New Lousiana law defends pagans
Posted by Josh Rosenau on May 20, 2010 Panel moves ‘Religious Freedom Act’: A Senate panel narrowly approved legislation Tuesday whose supporters say reaffirms constitutional guarantees of freedom of religious expression. Approval came over the objections of those who contend Senate Bill 606 is unnecessary because the U.S. Constitution and the Louisiana Constitution already protect religious freedom.… The measure, sponsored by state Sen.…
Joshua Rosenau spends his days defending the teaching of evolution at the