I’ve long rolled my eyes at intelligent design proponents claiming that intelligent design is so very different from creation science. The celebrated intelligent design textbook, “Of Pandas and People,” originally referred to creation science before a search-and-replace operation changed the references to intelligent design. The current US administration’s approach to the war on terror is [...]
Dear Hillary Clinton,
I’ve had a lot of sympathy for you. You had name recognition and a commanding lead in the polls before actual voting and caucusing began, and were making history as the first woman to run for President on a major party ticket, and yet you were never able to deliver the knock-out punch [...]
Thanks to the Patriot Act’s expansion of investigative powers, for years the FBI has been using National Security Letters to gather information about US citizens. Now the Internet Archive, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the ACLU managed to get the FBI to rescind one such request and make some details public.
National Security Letters are particularly [...]
Five years ago, President Bush gave a speech aboard the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, where he spoke in front of a giant MISSION ACCOMPLISHED banner. Yesterday, White House press secretary Dana Perino explained that the banner needed to be more specific.
“President Bush is well aware that the banner should have been much more specific and said [...]
I have a weakness for completely off-the-wall campaign videos. That’s why I’m so excited about Mike Gravel’s new video. To my knowledge it’s the first one he’s made since jumping from the Democratic Party to the Libertarian one to continue running for President. Won’t you join me in glorying in the total awesomeness of this [...]
When I think of people who have a firm grasp on how the world works and what’s going on, really, coupled with the ability to make spot-on predictions, I of course think of science fiction authors. In the last few days, that view has been cemented by a couple of blog posts and news reports.
First, [...]
I confess: I have a Twitter account. It’s a fun little AIM-like application that’s a lot like leaving your brain on speakerphone. Some time ago I found Barack Obama’s Twitter feed. That didn’t surprise me that much — the Obama campaign has been savvily using social networking sites since the beginning.
I was more surprised to [...]
I have voted, despite Alabama’s attempt to make things as confusing as possible. The ballot has you vote for a candidate and then vote for delegates, and you’re only allowed to vote for delegates pledged to your choice of candidates. The Republican ballot at least has delegate competitions in groups of two, so you’re only [...]
