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November 2011

Edward Feser Hates Intelligent Design, Part 2

One of the fun things about Intelligent Design is the way it seemingly drives its opponents to madness. Strangely, this...

Why Couldn't There Have Been Nothing?

Ed Feser, waaay down in the comments: [Question:] If this point, that (philosophical) nothingness is an impossibility, is something that...

Bashing Berlinski with Whale Evolution

Jerry Coyne, deploys the ever-popular "my enemies secretly agree with me (but lie about it!)" attack against critic David Berlinski....

A Very Bad Christian Argument Against Naturalism

From L. Russ Bush, who sounds like a very nice and deeply devout man, so it pains me, as a...

Dialog with an OWS "Green" Advocate

Here. What strikes me about the video is the activists' almost slavish reliance upon (and appeal to) argument from authority:...

"Madness"

Clayton Cramer: there is something pretty darn scary about a situation developing where expressions of patriotism and national pride are...

Name that Party: Jon Corzine

To what political party does Jon Corzine — former head of Goldman Sachs, and architect of the eighth-largest bankruptcy in...

The World According to Steve Benen

In "The incentive behind GOP obstructionism", Washington Monthly columnist Benen writes: At first blush, it's tempting to think congressional Republicans...

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