A 33-year-old physicist at MIT, Jeremy England, is being hailed as “the new Darwin,” for his mathematical models that suggest life is inevitable. Though some are saying this will pose a problem for creationists and religious people, it looks to me like more evidence for
The Greek government accepted the austerity it had opposed and the people had voted against, taking the terms of the European Union bailout. (more…)
As churches try to think through the implications of the gay marriage ruling, many Christians are realizing for the first time that the United States is not, if it ever has been, a Christian nation. Furthermore, that Christianity no longer exerts much moral influence on
A tape has emerged of the Senior Director of Planned Parenthood’s Medical Services Department talking about performing abortions to minimize organ damage so that the fetus’s liver, heart, and lungs can be sold. Trafficking in fetal tissue is a felony that can be punished by
The Obama administration, along with 5 other countries, reached a deal with Iran, cutting sanctions in return for a ten-year moratorium on that country’s nuclear weapons program. So now, without sanctions, Iran can potentially sell its oil and grow rich and powerful, and possibly after
According to the “progressive narrative,” Christianity and its view of marriage have oppressed women. But as David Theroux points out, drawing on actual scholarship, the actual influence of Christianity is quite different. (more…)
Wisconsin governor Scott Walker announced his candidacy for president. (You are excused if you thought that he had already done so, he’s been doing so much campaigning.) He made a name for himself as the scourge of labor unions, crippling the teachers’ union in Wisconsin
Timothy Richard Hunt is a biologist who won the Nobel Prize. A faculty member at University College London, a fellow of the Royal Society, and a fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, he was knighted for his accomplishments. But he said this in a
A group of Roman Catholic clerics in Mexico recently conducted an exorcism designed to cast the demons out of the whole country. Now there are calls for an exorcism to cast the demons out of America. Do you consider this (1) a good idea (2)
New Zealand has passed a law that would punish “harmful digital communication”–harassing, bullying, or indecent internet postings–by up to two years in prison, plus a $50,000 (NZ) fine. It’s being described as a law against trolling. It passed parliament by a margin of 116 to
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