Update Be sure to come back on Sunday and see my wrap-up column. The first section of this article contains background on the subject which should be read, the second records correspondence […]
Reporting On So-Called Climate Reporters: Update 4
Pew’s Public and Scientists’ Views on Science and Society Survey
Pew did a survey on the Public and Scientists’ Views on Science and Society that is of modest interest. Turns out civilians love whitecoats. Science holds an esteemed place among citizens and […]
Jerry Coyne Has A Go At Pope Francis. Shoots Self In Foot
Since it’s Halloween, we may as well examine the spooks, hobgoblins, and bogeymen which taunt and haunt the minds of our public undead, which is to say, our intellectuals. Now no one […]
The Moral Case Against Designer Babies
“Should prospective parents seek information about gene variants that increase the risk their children will develop diseases as adults? Should physicians provide that information?” So asks Ronald Bailey, only just this side […]
Another Academic Calls For Shorter People To Battle Global Warming
Academic philosopher S Matthew Liao (NYU) and pals are coming to get you. They want to monkey with your genes, kill your unwanted, inject growth-stunting hormones into your womb, poison your food, […]
Science for the State; Or, Lysenko Lives
Jim Fedako (who wrote this piece; send him email) is a business analyst and homeschooling father of seven who lives in Lewis Center, OH. It sometimes seems that every regime needs to […]
We Do Not Discriminate On The Basis Of…Contest! Winner Declared!
Yours Truly is always on the lookout for teaching jobs, since that is his passion and where his skills lie, and so is well familiar with the application process at our great […]
The Boston Globe’s Failed Assassination Of Willie Soon
Christopher Rowland, the Washington Bureau Chief for the Boston Globe, is not a child molester. The Boston Globe has covered child molestation stories, suspiciously at times when Rowland was with the paper. […]
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