As I've grown older, one of the things I've noticed about "atheism", in the sense of being a reaction to...
You can probably guess this one already. I'm remembering the screams of outrage when Cheney used the F-word at a...
Tonight, I spoke on the telephone with a friend of mine. She's a Christian, and had been talking to a...
... seems to have been at it again: Boris Berezovsky, an exiled Russian billionaire and fierce opponent of the Kremlin,...
Today, I'd like to direct my readers to a very important fallacy -- one I often hear repeated on polite...
I was reading this tirade by the California Federation of Teachers (CFT), a teacher's union. I wouldn't recommend it unless...
Recently, an inquisitive commenter asked this question: ... could you give some examples of the "explanatory powers" and "success rates"...
I know, I know: the very title itself is nearly blasphemous. Richard Dawkins is, after all, the "Charles Simonyi Professor...
It seems to be deflate-Richard-Dawkins week here at Random Obserations. In this series of articles, my point is not to...
In "American Innumeracy", I reference a few harmful educational trends currently afflicting our children. But it's not enough to curse...
I'm probably going to skewer somebody's pet goat here (subliminal foreshadowing) but Richard Dawkins, frankly, isn't the sharpest tool in...
A quote, from somewhere in Newsweek (I couldn't find the original) via GetReligion: But there is clearly discomfort with the...
A recent study seems to show nations with students who are impressed with their math skills are also the nations...
Barr, on Larry King Live. Regarding drug legalization: KING: Let's discuss other things, the war on drugs, what do you...
Via WIBA, Madison: Elton John has blasted the religions of the world, claiming followers are encouraged to hate gays. The...
As a person, from what can be dimly discerned from a distance, George Bush strikes me as a decent enough...
How touching. Tony Blair, the UK government as a whole, and many other countries have gone out of their way...
International Daily Newswire: UK Scientists Seek to Create Human-Cow Embryos NEWCASTLE, UK, November 6, 2006 (ENS) - Stem cell scientists...
Der Spiegel: Mass Grave of Young Children Found in Germany A mass grave containing the bodies of at least 20...
What is it about so many left-leaning politicians that cause them to see everything as a zero-sum game? Too much...
Instapundit directs our attention to a JustOneMinute post about the Iraqi nuke plans: The NY Times quotes Peter Zimmerman, who...
I'm not bringing this up to bash "liberals", but one does get a bit tired of a politicial movement which...
Lately, Random Observations (thanks primarily to Ryan's doings) has seen a number of parallel debates about Gnosticism; ancient and modern....
I've been tremendously busy lately, but couldn't help but hear about the latest John Kerry gaffe. I've been no apologist...