I’m listening to Science Friday right now, and host Ira Flatow just got punked by Randy Olson. Ira brought up the role of the Discovery Institute in pushing for ID in the schools, and Randy asked why there wasn’t anyone from the Discovery Institute on the show. Read More…

Episode 47 of the Mindcast is up!

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Episode 46 of the Mindcast is up!

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While I was making travel arrangements for my grad school prospecting tour, I asked Ariela if she could drop me off about an hour before my flight was to leave. She asked why so much time? I would discover on this trip that sometimes an hour is not even enough.

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Episode 65 of the Mindcast is up!

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Wednesday morning, I was up at the un-humanly hour of 7:30 am (ok fine, that’s not unhumanly), to catch a flight out of Sacramento. The day before, I loaded a replay of the mindcast into the KDRT computer, and spent most of Valentines Day packing and tying up loose ends. As I write, I’m on a plane headed for Philadelphia, Transylvania Pennsylvania. After sleeping, I’ll take a short jump up to Ithaca, New York. What am I up to now?

I’m a prospective graduate student, and I’m gone prospectin’. Read More…

Here’s the guest opinion I mentioned that got printed in the Aggie today. Richard Spencer organizes the GVCC’s anti-evolution lectures, and he wrote a guest opinion for the Aggie back in November. I’m responding in part to some of his statements, but also the proximity of Darwin Day, Evolution Sunday, and my interview with Phillip Johnson gave it relevance for printing.

Funny thing was, I was going to write a guest opinion for Darwin Day, but last week, while looking for something else in The Aggie’s online archives, I found reference to professor Spencer’s guest opinion. However, there was no online version of it, so I had to go down to the Aggie office Monday to pick up a back-issue. I typed it all out exactly as it was printed, so here’s his article in its entirety, followed by my response. Read More…

I just got off the phone with Peter Hamilton, “The Chief” down in Lower Freeborn. A guest opinion of mine about Darwin Day, evolution, and recent local antievolution activities will be printed in the paper tomorrow. I, however, will be on a plane to New York at that point. Details? Stay tuned.

I’ll link to the online version of the letter when it comes online, so probably while I’m sitting in an airport. Gotta let The Aggie do its copy-editing work!

(via Aetology) I heard that honeybees were in trouble. There’s a mysterious unknown illness killing the bees, and it is rapidly killing off hives. They’re dubbing it “Colony Collapse Disorder,” or CCD. Scores of hives are turning up dead, and it seems that the usual suspects of varroa and tracheal mites, small hive beetles, etc, may not be responsible. Researchers around the country are scrambling to find out what has been causing this recent die-off. Could it be a virus, fungus, or new insect pest? Read More…

We pledge allegiance to the flag

of the empire of Steve the Enforcer,

and to the hypocrisy, for which it stands,

One discrimination, under Steve,

Intimidated, with blackmail and corruption for all.

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