Tag: evolution

Dumb upon Dumb

By Erik Loomis

In General

On December 30, 2013

Since science is the province of hippies and queers, Republicans have decided evolution is a hoax against Jesus or something. Over the last four years, the percentage of Democrats who said they believe in evolution has risen by three points, from 64 percent to 67 percent. But the percentage of Republicans who believe in the […]

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Not Allowing Prayer in Classrooms Is Totally the Same Thing as Genocide

By Erik Loomis

On July 31, 2013

Conservatives in Kentucky are very angry. After all, the state might adopt scientific standards that teach actual science instead of Christian mythology. The responses are quite rational: Matt Singlet

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A Question for Creationists

By Erik Loomis

On September 13, 2012

I have trouble understanding people who don’t believe in the theory of evolution. This is like not believing in gravity or climate change. Oh yeah, these people don’t believe in that eithe

The Poulos Hoax?

By SEK

In General

On February 17, 2012

Far be it for me, a lowly adjunct so depressed by the market he let his MLA membership lapse, to criticize Michael Bérubé, the current President of the MLA, but his summary of James Poulos’ definition of what women are for fails to account for the fact that Poulos has forwarded a very serious, thoughtful, argument that […]