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The Case for Karen Armstrong

If you open Karen Armstrong's new book, The Case for God, expecting to find a list of mysterious cures, scientific curiosities, or certified miracles all pointing toward the physical presence of a divine influence in the world, you will be sorely ...

From DEVILSTOWER, Daily Kos,  8 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Karen Armstrong,  Richard Dawkins,  Sam Harris,  Christopher Hitchens,  Stephen Jay Gould

Big Mike and the Paper Hanger

Plants and animals of all sorts have been domesticated over the last twelve thousand years or so, and if the steps that made the first domesticate animals were little more than trial and error, it wasn't too long after the first sheep or cow was taken ...

From DEVILSTOWER, Daily Kos,  1 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Francis Galton,  Herbert Spencer,  Charles Darwin,  Alexander Graham Bell,  John Maynard Keynes

Down is bad, up is... not important

What did the right say when the stock market was trailing downward in January? It was very, very important, and a critical indicator of Obama's economic plan. "There's no confidence in Obama's plan," said Fox's Sean Hannity. "The markets respond to ...

From DEVILSTOWER, Daily Kos,  14 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Sean Hannity,  Lou Dobbs,  Wall Street Journal,  Ronald Reagan

Energy Is Not That Hard

When Waxman-Markey made it out of the House, I supported the bill. It isn't perfect -- isn't close to perfect. Honestly what eventually emerged from the House was such weak tea that it's unlikely to have any effect on either the course of global ...

From DEVILSTOWER, Daily Kos,  4 Oct 2009

Related Topics: John Kerry,  U.S. Senate,  T. Boone Pickens

Little Giants

To see why, you only have to look at the tiger’s relatives in the Americas. A male mountain lion weighs in at about 150 pounds — about a quarter the size of a large tiger. To keep itself fed, a mountain lion prowls an area ranging from around 50 to as ...

From DEVILSTOWER, Daily Kos,  27 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Matt Dillon,  Andy Taylor,  Arthur Godfrey,  Jay Leno

Polling Science

Only 4 in 10 Americans believe in continental drift.  How can we know that? We asked. QUESTION: Do you believe that America and Africa were once part of the same continent? The collection of all the continents into a unified land mass around 250 ...

From DEVILSTOWER, Daily Kos,  1 Aug 2009

Related Topics: Gallup,  Charles Darwin,  U.S. Republican Party

Mustang americanus

O. C. Marsh was not always an easy man to love. Yes, he could be quiet, introverted, and thoughtful. But he could also be sneaky, distrustful, and quarrelsome. By the 1880s, he would nearly bankrupt himself (and find himself socially ostracized) due to ...

From DEVILSTOWER, Daily Kos,  19 Jul 2009

Related Topics: Museum of Natural History,  George Peabody,  Charles Darwin,  Thomas Jefferson,  Lee Iacocca

Competence vs Comity

Even as the right prepares to oppose Sonia Sotomayor's nomination, they're finding it increasingly difficult to work up a proper fury. Partly that's because there's nearly universal agreement from people who have worked with Sotomayor. The American Bar ...

From DEVILSTOWER, Daily Kos,  11 Jul 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Louis Freeh,  Barack Obama,  Sonia Sotomayor,  U.S. Democratic Party

Health Care Rationing is Here

The debate on the health care bill is so often snagged on talking points that have been around since Truman. A government health care plan will lead to bureaucrats rationing our health care! "I don't think many Americans want to start having to wait in ...

From DEVILSTOWER, Daily Kos,  2 Jul 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  U.S. Republican Party,  Mitch McConnell,  NPR

Mr. President, go and see for yourself

You don't have to travel to the far side of the world to see protesters being arrested as they attempt to save their families, communities, and future. You don't have to travel to the far side of the world to find a place where the powerful oppress the ...

From DEVILSTOWER, Daily Kos,  28 Jun 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Twitter Inc,  Facebook Inc.,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Congress

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