But then, when aren’t they pissed? In any event, the Indianapolis Star has stopped printing a prayer:
Readers of The Indianapolis Star woke up to some changes in their newspaper this morning. The Business section was wrapped into the A section. TV listings and classified ads were tucked into a new Extra section. But the thing [...]
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Indianapolis Star newspaper drops prayer; faithful pissed
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January 7, 2009 at 2:03pm
by thecodepounder
News · Religion · Skepticism / Rational-Critical Thought · Social Commentary
Evolution vs. the creation myth, it isn’t just an American problem
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December 25, 2008 at 10:19pm
by thecodepounder
Here’s one from the “hmmm, I never really considered that” file at FoxNews: Muslim Scientists Prepare for Battle With Creationists:
The next major battle over evolutionary theory is likely to occur not in the United States but in the Islamic world or in countries with large Muslim populations because of rising levels of education and Internet access [...]
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Scientific method vs. religion
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December 22, 2008 at 1:08pm
by thecodepounder
I recently rented a DVD entitled “God, the Universe, and Everything Else”. It is simply a video release of a UK television program of the same name which featured Stephen Hawkin, Carl Sagan and Arthur C. Clarke, and apparently aired in the UK in 1988.
During the program, Carl Sagan had occasion to compare the scientific [...]
Obama names top science adviser
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December 21, 2008 at 10:09am
by thecodepounder
Harvard physicist John Holdren will be director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
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The Atom Smashers
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December 12, 2008 at 7:57am
by thecodepounder
I recently watched a fantastic edition of Independent Lens entitled, The Atom Smashers. It was about Fermilab and the work they are doing in attempting to detect the Higgs boson. The film was very good, though a bit depressing, when you consider that America is steadily losing it’s leadership position in science and scientific research…
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Say it isn’t so: President-Elect looking to cancel Ares 1?
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December 3, 2008 at 7:40am
by thecodepounder
The Obama transition team has presented a questionnaire to NASA officials asking, among other things, how much money could be saved by canceling the Ares 1 and scaling back the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle. These are two of the vehicles that are intended to replace the Space Shuttle.
Space.com’s Brian Berger:
While the questionnaire, a copy of [...]
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Shuttle Endeavour heading home
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November 28, 2008 at 4:38pm
by thecodepounder
The space shuttle Endeavour has left the International Space Station for it’s trip back to Earth. Endeavour is scheduled to land in Florida on Sunday.
Quote of the day
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November 21, 2008 at 12:23pm
by thecodepounder
Kansas minister Mark Holick, being interviewed by CNN’s Rick Sanchez about the sign he put up stating “American we have a Muslim President / This is sin against the Lord”:
Well, my goal is to tell people about the truth, uh, that I believe the truth of the Bible states…
Ay, there’s the rub. Again we see, [...]
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Cold front could postpone shuttle Endeavour’s launch
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November 11, 2008 at 10:50pm
by thecodepounder
Associated Press:
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — An approaching cold front could thwart NASA’s plans to launch space shuttle Endeavour on Friday on a flight to the international space station.
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Obama to end 8 years of misinformation in Global AIDS policy?
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November 10, 2008 at 6:25pm
by thecodepounder
Drudge Report headline: “Condoms Over Abstinence in Obama AIDS Policy…” I can’t imagine the Drudge Report or it’s usual readers view this as a positive development, but those of us committed to rationality certainly do.
The linked story resides at Bloomberg, Condoms Trump Abstinence in Obama Global AIDS Policy:
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) — President-elect Barack Obama will reverse [...]
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