Came across this disturbing opinion piece on Right Wing Watch: Against the backdrop of the religious mis-education of the nation, evangelical Christians must embrace (once and for all) that they must let their voices be heard in politics, the arts, and every arena of our culture. Although Catholics are well represented on the Supreme Court, [...]
Archive for May, 2010
12 May
‘Climate dice’ now dangerously loaded: leading scientist
From Yahoo! News: PARIS (AFP) – Evidence for global warming has mounted but public awareness of the threat has shrunk, due to a cold northern winter and finger-pointing at the UN’s climate experts, a top scientist warned Wednesday. “That gap has increased substantially in the last year,” Hansen told a press conference during a visit [...]
12 May
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of a Christian Nation Part 2
Mass. Catholic school won’t admit lesbians’ son BOSTON – A Roman Catholic school in Massachusetts has withdrawn its acceptance of an 8-year-old boy with lesbian parents, saying their relationship was “in discord” with church teachings, according to one of the boys’ mothers. It’s at least the second time in recent months that students have not [...]
12 May
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of a Christian Nation
From Americans United for Separation of Church and State: Inquisition In Jacksonville: Religious Right Grills Muslim Nominee For Rights Commission Council Member Clay Yarborough, for example, sent a questionnaire – inquisition might be a better term — to Ahmed, demanding to know his views on everything from gay rights to the appropriateness of “under God” [...]
12 May
All present-day life arose from a single origin
From Science News: Protein analysis rules out multiple sources By Tina Hesman Saey Web edition : 2:57 pm A new study uses statistics to test whether life on Earth can be traced back to a common ancestor (example shown in a) or multiple primordial life forms (b). Dotted lines indicate gene swapping between species. M. [...]
12 May
Who Wrote This About the Jews? Atheism and the Holocaust: Part 1
First, to set fire to their synagogues or schools and to bury and cover with dirt whatever will not burn, so that no man will ever again see a stone or cinder of them. This is to be done in honor of our Lord and of Christendom, so that God might see that we are [...]
7 May
Those Wonderful Private Companies Government Should Emulate
So is the kind of private business we should run our schools and other government agencies like: BP Spent Millions to Evade Safety Rules Posted on: May 7, 2010 9:09 AM, by Ed Brayton I’m sure this will come as an enormous shock to those who are completely oblivious to reality. British Petroleum, while posting [...]
7 May
Climate Change and the Integrity of Science
From Skeptical Science: Climate Change and the Integrity of Science: a letter to Science A letter Climate Change and the Integrity of Science has been published in the journal Science. It’s written by 255 members of the US National Academy of Sciences, including 11 Nobel laureates (here’s the complete list plus their university affiliations). I [...]
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