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Today in History for Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Born: King Richard I of England (the Lion-Hearted), 1157.From The Old Farmer's Almanac. […]
Today in History for Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Edith Eleanor McLean was the first baby to be placed in an incubator, 1888.From The Old Farmer's Almanac. […]
Today in History for Monday, September 6, 2010
CBFT Montreal was the first Canadian TV station to begin regular broadcast programming in both French and English. CBLT Toronto followed two days later, 1952.From The Old Farmer's Almanac. […]
Today in History for Sunday, September 5, 2010
Russia's Peter the Great imposed a tax on beards, 1698.From The Old Farmer's Almanac. […]
Today in History for Saturday, September 4, 2010
First transit of McClure Strait (Northwest Passage) made by the US Navy icebreaker, Burton Island and US Coast Guard icebreaker, Northwind, 1954.From The Old Farmer's Almanac. […]

Criticism for Florida's antievolution bill

Criticism for Florida’s antievolution [...]

The Discovery Institute has no shame

The Discovery Institute has no [...]

Global Warming, God, & Politics

Global Warming, God, & [...]

Does scientific atheism exist?

The current crop of successful atheist writers and thinkers is mostly coming from the world of science. Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, Pascal Boyer, Michel Onfray, Nicholas Humphrey and Victor J. Stenger to name a few, all have background in the scientific [...]

Texas wrapup: Yup. Doomed.

Ignoring or even outright denouncing the advice of experts, creationists have been trying in any way they can to attack evolution in the standards. The latest gambit has been what’s called a “strengths and weaknesses” clause in the standards, which sounds reasonable on the surface: when learning scientific theories, students should understand both [...]