What are the ground rules in democratic discourse?
In response to my last post, a commenter sharply observes: But I must admit that creationists, i.e. fundamentalist Christians, when they were in the ascendant a...
In response to my last post, a commenter sharply observes: But I must admit that creationists, i.e. fundamentalist Christians, when they were in the ascendant a...
Ross Douthat believes tradition-based rules can be socially useful even they are arbitrary and inconsistent: One point I didn’t get to, though, is the extent to...
Commenter Geremy worries about the long-term implications of allowing intelligent design in science class: I think my problem with [reading] the paragraph is th...
The importance of separating facts from ideology was perhaps the most important lesson from my fellowship in DC. It stems from the basic belief that there is an...
Scientists have been studying disease transmission since at least the 19th century. We now have reams upon reams of peer-reviewed research and detailed mathemat...
Pediatric neurosurgeon and a creationist Ben Carson is a young-Earth creationist. He is not some wishy-washy “evolution is real but God directed it”...
Come on ref! It’s not a foul if no one got hurt. Forbes’ Alex Knapp explained why people who reject evolution cannot reason scientifically: if [poli...