“To take people from the music world and give them the same kind of credibility that you give me, Morgan Freeman, Laurence Fishburne, Forest Whitaker—that’s like an aberration. I know there’s some […]
Predicting the 21st Century: Nostraslammy's ten-year review
Ten years ago, at the turn of the millennium, Nostraslammy took a stab at predicting the 21st Century, with a promise to check back every ten years to see how the prognostications […]
I am no better than George Will. And it sucks.
by John Harvin “If English was good enough for Jesus Christ, it ought to be good enough for the children of Texas,” supposedly said Miriam “Ma” Ferguson, first woman governor of Texas, […]
Evolve
Kevin Kelly has published a 13,000 word essay on evolution at The Technium. It is engaging, interesting and well worth your time to read. He makes two assertions; one evolving from the […]
Eating the sun
I love plants; in fact, i prefer the company of plants to that of people and i consider our green companions the higher life form. So when i saw Eating the Sun: […]
Creationism to be allowed in Louisiana schools
When it comes to religion and faith, everything is inherently subjective, not objective. Simply put, there is no way for the adherents of one faith to know objectively that they’re faith is […]
Proponents of intelligent design try a new approach
In the beginning, God created heaven and earth and all the creatures and Man in his creation, and He saw His creation was going to be trouble in the 1800s. Then Man […]
Another couple of journalists who don't understand basic science
by JS O’Brien Yesterday, I wrote about a Florida columnist who’s so poorly educated and ill-read that she could neither construct a cogent argument nor recognize a ridiculous misstatement about Newton’s second […]
When it comes to journalists, what about quality?
by JS O’Brien (With apologies to Dr. Denny, whom I admire greatly, and who would certainly fix journalism if he could.) Lost in the justified hand-wringing over the loss of newspaper jobs, […]
Are Americans smart enough to vote?
I recently offended some people, quite unintentionally, with my modest suggestion that perhaps it wasn’t in the best interests of the nation to hand over so much decision-making power to people who […]
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