Many of the thoughts in intelligent design revolve around the concept of information. Which, sadly, is not what most of…
Author Smilodon's Retreat
According to several news sources (Thinkprogress, The Guardian for example), the Pope will issue several decrees (or whatever they are…
I know that may be a shocking statement from the skeptics, atheists, and humanists. But it’s meant in the spirit…
Confirmation bias is when you read or hear (or search out) things (people, research, etc) that agrees with what you…
Today I did something horrible… almost unimaginable. I took a 30 year tradition in my family and stomped it flat……
There’s a lot of really exciting work going on in genome comparisons. My recent review on the cats highlights some…
Some time ago, I posted about how gerrymandering works. In the 2012 congressional elections, something… odd… happened. In North Carolina,…
We are all idiots… sometimes. You are. I am. He is. They are. We are all idiots sometimes. And that’s…
We’re looking at a potentially fascinating (and highly ironic) situation here in Texas. You’ve heard the saying that those who…
I am continually amazed by how low US politics and courts can go. The fact that US Supreme Court decisions…