I just finished George Carlin's book, Last Words. It's different

There are some subjects that have fascinated me since I was a little kid. I like science. I like history. I like to know the history of how we became the nation that we are today. The founding of our nation from the time of the Jamestown Colony to the time of the Revolution...

Global Warming Models Are Wrong Again

" During a fundraiser in Atlanta earlier this month, President Obama is reported to have said: "It gets you a little nervous about what is happening to global temperatures. When it is 75 degrees in Chicago in the beginning of March, you start thinking. On the other hand, I...

Big issues and "grandiosity"

There is a long-running line in pop psychology that caring about the big issues is "grandiose." Whenever you hear that, you know that you are dealing with someone who does not know what they are talking about.The big issues impact on everyone, including the people who are...

Why creationists disbelief in evolution, it's religious dogma

Many people in the religious rightwing state that they don't believe in theories. They almost always use this in opposition to evolutionary theory. Indeed, they often use the internet to state this opinion. The internet is the product of relativity theory. Quantum mechanics...

Why does creationism go along with rejection of global warming?

James Inhoffe, an anti-gay rightwinger U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, does not believe in global warming. On a conservative radio show, he made the statement, while giving a statistic, that many less Americans believe in global warming caused by humans, than a few years ago....

Does believing in evolution doom you as a Republican running for

 Jon Huntsman got out of the Republican presidential contest a few days ago but I am now just getting to writing about it. But, I have a couple of things to say. It is most unfortunate that a candidate who believes in not just the threat of man made climate change, but...

Tak radio lies told about global warming

I was listening to a rightwinger on talk radio who stated that to believe in man made global warming (as do the vast majority of scientists on this question by the way), you must believe that most CO2s or global warming gases are caused by human beings. I thought, this guy...

Luddites and Global Warming

In 19th century England there was a group known as the Luddites who protested against technological development out of the belief that it would cost people their jobs. They have been proven wrong; technological development instead has created vast prosperity and better...

Video: Mitt Romney Flip-Flops on Global Warming

"Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has reversed his stance on climate change pollution and now rejected man-made global warming (video here), a concept he agreed with with only a few months ago."