I apologize for not writing recently.  I’ve had a bad cold, which meant a lot of lying on the couch watching TV.  We don’t have cable, so we get about 8 channels, and at least 4 of them usually seem to be broadcasting Protestant sermons.  It’s been interesting watching them.  Based on my completely unscientific [...]

The legislation to which our Darwin Day speaker, Dr. George Johnson, referred recently is House Bill 1266, the “Missouri Science Education Act.”  The text of the bill is here, and you can listen to Dr. Johnson’s excellent talk here.
It’s hard to see at a first reading what could be controversial about the bill–it doesn’t have [...]

An article on msn.com reports on a UN study of global wealth:  “The research indicates that assets of just $2,200 per adult place a household in the top half of the world’s wealthiest. To be among the richest 10% of adults in the world, just $61,000 in assets is needed. If you have more than [...]

First, I know many who attended our first Darwin Sunday this week are looking forward to follow-up information from our speaker, Dr. George Johnson, on the recent breakthroughs in gene sequencing and the stealth legislation that would allow the teaching of “intelligent design” in Missouri schools.  I’ll post that information ASAP.
Second, Darwin got a birthday [...]

In my January address on the First Amendment and the religious right, I worried that a secular government and a society based on separation of church and state is incompatible with the belief that you must proselytize at every opportunity in order to save souls from eternal torment.
Now Julia L. sends me this link.  Take [...]

Those of you in the St. Louis area who would like to do your part to fight global warming (and help your health) should check out trailnet.org.  I wrote their website to ask for advice on commuting by bicycle, and I got quick and comprehensive help–they even came up with a safer route and made [...]