After years of civil war and genocide, in which the Arab Muslims of the north brutalized the African Christians of the south, a new nation has been born. In accord with an armistice agreement, the people of southern Sudan voted for secession. With 99.57% of
The Egyptian protests against its authoritarian regime have escalated, to the point of revolution. Even though President Mubarak has shut off internet access and most cell phone connections, the protesters have succeeded in shutting down the government. The army was called out, but is apparently
Idly surfing the internet, I came across the tidbit that a socially conservative party in Australia opposes “harm reduction.” Not being familiar with that is, I dug around and found that it is an entire theory of do-goodism. Harm reduction (or harm minimisation) refers to
From a review of Richard Panek’s The 4% Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality. Richard Panek: The latest surveys of the universe indicate that only 4 percent of it is made of ordinary matter. Nearly 23 percent
The Louvin Brothers brought their close, tight harmonies from the world of Gospel music into country and then into early rock ‘n’ roll and today’s pop music. Their sound can be heard in the Everly Brothers, the Beatles, and on and on. Charlie Louvin, 83,
Just like what happened in the Communist states, popular uprisings have overthrown the autocratic government in Tunisia. Now the similarly autocratic government in Egypt is facing mass demonstrations. It’s also happening in Yemen. The government in Lebanon has also fallen. We’re glad about that, right?
According to this article in The New Yorker, when scientists replicate an experiment, the results–proven initially–sometimes change with time. Drugs that at first are shown to be effective often are shown to be ineffective when tested later. The article cites one experiment whose results
Earlier I had blogged about how my former colleague Kristine Luken, a Christian missionary in Israel, was murdered. Her killers have been arrested: Four Palestinian men have been indicted in the stabbing death of American woman Kristine Luken who the suspects say was killed because
The small unmanned aircraft that are proving to be such a powerful weapon in our nation’s military operations are coming to a community near you. The police are going to get their hands on them. They have already been used in some limited cases against
A professor passed over for a job because he questioned evolution sued for religious discrimination. The university has settled: The University of Kentucky will pay $125,000 to an astronomy professor who sued the school for religious discrimination. A motion filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court
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