Hang Up and Order!
Wednesday, 23 February 2005The woman in front of me at my regular lunch spot today was blathering on her cell phone the entire 10 minutes we waited in line. When we finally got to the front of the line, the man behind the counter looked her right in the eyes and said, “I will wait on you as [...]
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Kilgore Controversy
Sunday, 20 February 2005This morning’s lead article in the Roanoke Times is about an election scandal in rural Gate City, Virginia. It would scarcely be news, except for one tiny fact. At the center of the controversy is the Scott County Voter Registrar, Willie Mae Kilgore. See, in addition to being the Voter Registrar of Scott County, Ms. [...]
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NAS President Responds to Behe
Wednesday, 16 February 2005A number of very good letters have been published in the NY Times in response to Michael Behe’s piece that I linked last week. Unfortunately, many of them slipped into the obscurity of the paid archive while I wasn’t paying attention. Perhaps the best, though, was this response by Bruce Alberts, President of the National [...]
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Skimming the NY Times
Monday, 7 February 2005First some good news. Efforts to put a stop to the gerrymandering which is running roughshod over our republic. Here, here! Hear, hear! Second, Michael Behe explains the intelligent design hypothesis. Hint: It’s not religious and it wouldn’t really supplant the teaching of evolution if properly applied. (Of course, though, it is being invoked by [...]
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