http://www.slate.com/id/2118320/#ContinueArticle

Let me be clear: I think the author of this piece is a pompous ass. But this is really interesting nonetheless. He argues that Intelligent Design is not merely an attempt to say Revelation trumps Science, period:

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http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=kh9s7vab0qpmzwmotou1qofx8t6wd09y

Very, very good, very haunting.

"When the entire city was thus putting out to sea, the sight provoked pity in some, and in others astonishment at the hardihood of the step; for they were sending off their families in one direction, while they themselves, unmoved by the lamentations and tears and embraces of their loved ones, were crossing over to the island where the enemy was to ( Read more... )

"Lists are deeply American, from the itemization of rights in the Declaration of Independence to the annual ranking ritual of the Oscars. The possibility of rising up the list from the bottom of the heap to Number One is what the American Dream is all about. Not that Americans invented the list-it goes back at least to the Ten Commandments and ( Read more... )

To insist our rulers love us is mere folly. Justice can only take place under the cold impartiality of an empowered judge, we think ( Read more... )

From the Chronicle of Higher Education:

"I don't care what the students think of my teaching," I would write in my statement of teaching philosophy. "What I want to know is if they think I'm hot."

Ah, the contemplative life.

"From the Corriere della SeraNever before had an Arab saved the Israeli national team. The savior was Suwan Abbas, who scored the tying goal [1-1] in the first minute of penalty time in the game against Ireland. Abbas is the captain of Sakhnin, the only mixed [Arab and Jewish] team in the Israel championship ( Read more... )

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http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-goldberg8mar08,0,1105270.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinionsRead more... )

From Eric Alterman's blog (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7127721/#050308Read more... )