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Flat on the View

by CarolineC on 9/26/2007 11:39:51 AM

www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/09/18/new-view-cohost-sherri_n_64864.html The world is round. Sort of one of those…fact things. You know, like 1+1=2, B comes after A in our alphabet, grass is usually green, etc. Sort of indisputable. Or so I thought until I saw a video of The View from ... Continue »

One Brain - Two Separate Realities

by infocats on 2/12/2007 9:36:35 AM

I can understand many things. As a lifelong engineer, I can understand the scientific measurement of the Earth"s age as 4.5 billion years. As a novice student of philosophy, I can understand the Creationist's belief that the Earth's age as 10,000 years. And yes, I believe that a scientist can be ... Continue »

It would be silly to debate this, but no more silly than debating the other points

by Nick Oliva on 10/6/2005 7:29:15 AM

I'm just curious as to what it was exactly that persuaded the Creationists to believe that the Earth is round. Suppose there were no pictures from outer space... after all, not having been to outer space ourselves, they could just be "junk photography". Continue »

All science is "good science"; the "Junk" can't be called "science" at all

by Nick Oliva on 10/6/2005 7:27:09 AM

The NY Times has a story today about (basically) the very coordinated efforts of the religious to return the world to the Middle Ages. The age of the Earth is a good a place as any to debunk the mystic creation myths. Here's an article written expressly to explain to Christians why it is that compla... Continue »

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McCain Likes Napolitano As Homeland Security Czar

by Marc Ambinder on 11/20/2008 11:47:07 AM

Why anyone would want to take over DHS is a mystery to many in Washington, and it's not entirely clear that Gov. Janet Napolitano will get the job.But fellow Arizonan, Sen. John McCain, may have given us a clue. He called Napolitano today and emerged from the call with a statement of congratulations... Continue »

California Dreams Come True

by Marc Ambinder on 11/20/2008 11:41:51 AM

The biggest state in the union is finally its getting its due in Congress.Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker.George Miller, overseeing education policy.And now Henry Waxman, who officially ousted John Dingell today, will be a co-architect of the nation's health care and energy/climate change policies. Continue »

Ways to experience Paradise Lost

by Maud Newton on 11/20/2008 11:27:53 AM

My Paradise Lost Twitter project, unlike the Twain (Letters from the Earth), is kinda underwhelming. But a reading marathon sounds fun. Continue »

New Animal Collective - "Brother Sport"

by Stereogum on 11/20/2008 10:16:30 AM

When we gave you a live-in-France video clip of "Brother Sport" back in April we called the song "full-on springtime tropicalia," though it'd been recorded in October. The fact of the matter: The Merriweather Post Pavilion closer's full-on early winter tropicalia, too. (We know the title's a Baltimo... Continue »

New Fight Bite Video - "Swissex Lover"

by Stereogum on 11/20/2008 10:16:30 AM

It's getting to be that time when people start asking you to make lists and rank the year in music. Fun! Texan outfit and BTW Fight Bite are on my shortlist for the year's finest debuts, and "Swissex Lover" is its signature track. The duo of Leanne Macomber and Jeff Louis crafted their swirling, cin... Continue »