I Love Cynics!

In a recent assessment of American student achievement in science education, it was found that by 2005 only 18% of graduating seniors were considered proficient. Forty-six percent were considered below a basic achievement level. That was up 3% from 1996.
How did we arrive at this situation? How did the United States go from being one [...]

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That was a phrase I heard this weekend. Wish I could remember where, so I could attribute it to whoever said it. It brought me back to the argument of religion vs. science, though I don’t think that was what was being discussed when the phrase was uttered.
I take a lot of flack from people [...]

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Reposting this lost book review
There is no doubt that the current administration will be known for its myriad failures. From Iraq to cronyism, Bush Jr.’s reign has been one of corruption and deceit. While the press seems to have done a fair, though not excellent, job reporting these infractions, there’s one that seems to have [...]

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We hear the word nearly every day on the news, but do we really know what it means? Each night we receive pictures of combat in Iraq and blame is placed squarely on Islamic fundamentalists. We come to think that it’s an issue far from home.
Fundamentalists are everywhere. That is one of the points that [...]

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The New York Times ran an excellent Op/Ed article yesterday on Intelligent Design by Daniel Dennett. The article, Show Me the Science, is an in-depth look at the tactics used by proponents of ID and how they fail at anything even remotely approaching science.
Instead, they rely on creating false controversy, misleading statements and ideas for [...]

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Oh, Pat, you’d make me smile, but then I remember how many people take you seriously. Despite being on video, in front of thousands (millions?) of people saying wonderful things like:

If he thinks we’re trying to assassinate him, I think we really ought to go ahead and do it.

You want us to believe that you [...]

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What would Jesus do? Taking a page from the mythical terrorist handbook, Pat Robertson, influential religious leader that he is, is calling on the United States to assassinate Venezuela’s leader, Hugo Chavez.
Claiming that Chavez wants to make Venezuela a springboard for Communism and Muslim extremism, Robertson continues to prove he has little understanding [...]

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