darwinism

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO KILL THE LANGUAGE SO THAT THE IDEOLOGY CAN SURVIVE:

In the Galápagos Islands, a battle between man and goat (Simon Romero, May 1, 2007, International Herald Tribune) This archipelago, which inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, has been for...

THE DICTATORSHIP OF REASON:

The Dawkins Delusion: BRITAIN’S CRUSADING ATHEIST (Jonathan Luxmoore, May 2007, Commonweal) According to Dawkins, morality is “biologically determined,” and all moral questions, from the prohibition...

SHARED VALUES:

In the beginning: The debate over creation and evolution, once most conspicuous in America, is fast going global (The Economist, 4/19/07) Darwin-bashers in America suffered a body-blow in December...

PERFECTLY FUNNY AS THEY ARE (via Brian Boys):

Chimps More Evolved Than Humans? (Larry O'Hanlon, 4/16/07, Discovery News) A comparison of human and chimpanzee genes has revealed a startling possibility: chimps may have evolved more than humans...

NOR WILL THE BLINDMAN DESIGN YOUR WATCH (via jd watson):

Classic monkey business (BOB BROCKIE, 4/17/07, Stuff) They say that given a hundred typewriters and enough time, a hundred monkeys will write Shakespeare's complete works. To test this idea, a...

DESIGNING CHICKENS:

Swedish chickens challenge Darwin (The Local, 16th April 2007) Darwin's theory of evolution has been dealt a stinging blow by a group of Swedish-Norwegian researchers. The group, led by Professor...

OKAY, BAD EXAMPLE:

Is Climatology a Science? (Robert Tracinski, 4/12/07, Real Clear Politics) I don't mean to ask whether the climate is being studied using scientific methods and theories. Here's what I mean: is...

MEANING THERE ARE SUDDENLY NUMEROUS SPECIES OF CATTLE:

Expert IDs new species of horned dinosaur (March 4, 2007) A new dinosaur species was a plant-eater with yard-long horns over its eyebrows, suggesting an evolutionary middle step between older...

THE DEFENSE OF CIVILIZATION:

'Civilization' and Its Contents: A video game for the ages (Victorino Matus, 02/26/2007, Weekly Standard) Delinquency aside, given the amount of time some people spend on the games, especially on...

LEAVE US HEAR NO MORE CHATTER ABOUT NATURAL SELECTION PRESSURES (via Glenn Dryfoos):

Olympic Champion Gardner Survives Plane Crash (AP, February 26, 2007) Olympic wrestling champion Rulon Gardner lost a toe to frostbite after being stranded in the wilderness, impaled himself with...