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Evolving Thoughts - Dec 31, 2007
OK, so the next door party finished about 1.30, but the family disputes finished about 5 am, so instead of thinking, I'm going to let others think for me, and round up a few New Years Day links... Read the rest of …
Tagged: creationism
ScienceBlogs Channel : Politics - Dec 31, 2007
So John Lynch (Stranger Fruit), Chad Orzel (Uncertain Principals) and PZ (Pharyngula) already tacked up The 50 Most Loathsome People for 2007. Because of crossreadership (the Refuge begging for scraps from …
Tagged: fun with politics
ScienceBlogs Channel : Environment - Dec 31, 2007
Happy New Year's Eve!!! I will announce the grand prize winner for the shifting baselines story of the year tomorrow (something to look forward to in 2008). Today, I give you the runners-up: 1st place: The story from …
Tagged: losing track
ScienceBlogs Channel : Humanities & Social Science - Dec 31, 2007
You know you've got a unique book on your hands when the cover spots a eurypterid snagging a jackalope from under the cab of a Ford pickup carrying a disgruntled ammonite while dinosaurs stomp towards a "last chance" …
Tagged: books
Shifting Baselines - Dec 31, 2007
Happy New Year's Eve!!! I will announce the grand prize winner for the shifting baselines story of the year tomorrow (something to look forward to in 2008). Today, I give you the runners-up: 1st place: The story from …
Tagged: losing track
Of Two Minds - Dec 31, 2007
Hank Says Happy New Year! Read the comments on this post...
Tagged: chatter
denialism blog - Dec 31, 2007
Glenn Simpson reports in today's Journal on how lenders lobbied against state anti-predatory lending laws, with the result of worsening the subprime crisis. While the federal government was asleep at the wheel, or …
Tagged: politics
Adventures in Ethics and Science - Dec 31, 2007
There are less than seven hours left in 2007 as I write this post, and as yet, my better half and I have no idea what we're doing tonight. If we manage to get out, chances are good that a cover band may be involved …
Adventures in Ethics and Science - Dec 31, 2007
The One Laptop Per Child program's Give One Get One promotion (which I blogged about back in November) has been extended through the end of December 31 (today!!). If you're in the U.S. or Canada, for $399 ($200 of …
Adventures in Ethics and Science - Dec 31, 2007
Over at Bioethics Forum, Carl Elliott has an essay questioning the wisdom of the "convention interview" in the academic hiring process. As he notes, it is a fairly standard practice for philosophy departments to …