Censoring Science and Nobody Cares

I don’t know why a bigger fuss isn’t being made over this.

Blood Equity, Heritage, and American Values: Hard Won or Otherwise

A great general has said that the only good Indian is a dead one, and that high sanction of his destruction has been an enormous factor in promoting Indian massacres. In a sense, I agree with the sentiment, but only in this: that all the Indian there is in the race should be dead. Kill [...]

The Fallacy of the Excluded Middle: A Response to Mooney and Nisbet

There have been a wide variety of responses to the PZ incident. Quite a large number of us a busy laughing at the irony of it. There has been some criticism, for example see here, here, here, here, and here. The critics argue that we are playing into the creationists hands by providing free publicity [...]

The Bush War on Science Comes to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

I kid you not!

Bush Administration Tampers with Everglades Report

According to Science News Daily the number three person at the Interior Department edited a National Park Service report on the Everglades:

Albert Gonzales and the Discovery Institute

Via Red State Rabble comes the news that Abu Al is going to Seattle to give a speech sponsored by the Discovery Institute…

Marbled Murrelet to be Delisted?

According to Yahoo News the Marbled Murrelet is, again in danger of being delisted.

Henry Frankenstein and the War on Science

Americans have a love/hate relationship with science and scientists and this often spills over into pop culture representations.

Competitive Enterprise Institute Distorting Science

But Iain Murray, a senior fellow at the institute, said Davis apparently misunderstood the ads.
“We’re not questioning global warming,” Murray said. “What we’re questioning is global warming alarmism.”

Funding for Anthropological Research in Danger

Added Later: Duane over at Abnormal Interests has an interesting discussion of the bill… Via Kambiz at Anthropology.Net comes news of impending cuts that would strip money for behavioral research from the NSF budget. The American Anthropological Association has this to say about it: OPPOSE the Hutchison amendment to S. 2802 (the “American Innovation and [...]

Museums and the Creationist challange

Via The Panda’s Thumb comes this interesting article on how museums are responding to challanges by creationists. I think it’s kind of sad that museums have to devote their resources to this kind of thing. Challenged by Creationists, Museums Answer Back

Imax: Part VIII

I have finally received a response today from the St. Louis Science Center concerning the film “Volcanoes of the Deep Sea”. They are currently looking at the film for their Fall ’05, Winter ’05 or 2006 schedule. As with other places, they decide what to show based on “…the quality of the film, the educational [...]

Imax: Part VII

I still have not heard back from these people: Jackie: jmollet@slsc.orgBrad: bnuccio@slsc.orgat the St. Louis Science Center. Has anybody else heard from them?

Imax: Part VI

Here is some more contact info for the St. Louis Science Center: Please feel free to contact Jackie Mollet, OMNIMAX manager or Brad Nuccio,VP of Sales/Marketing since both of them make decisions on the films.Thanks!Jackie: jmollet@slsc.orgBrad: bnuccio@slsc.org

Shout Outs and Kudos and Imax

Shout Outs: The first person to make any comments on my blog is a person named Old White Lady. I have, belatedly, added links to “It’s Morning Somewhere” and “The Progressive Co-Op”. Old White Lady contributes to both. Check them out! Kudos and Imax: Another commenter here mentioned that since the Ft. Worth Science and [...]