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August 24 Link Round-up 25 Aug 2013 | 03:04 am
Rationalist assassinated in India. Wow. Just. Wow. Anti-vaxxer Texas megachurch surprises nobody with measles outbreak. Another example of child abuse in the name of religion! Westboro Baptist Chur...
Jerry Coyne on Beluga Whales in Confinement 19 Aug 2013 | 07:46 am
My previous post included a link to a recent decision by the NOAA not to grant permission for importation of captured beluga whales. Although I follow Jerry Coyne's blog, I had forgotten that he had ...
On the Ethics of Keeping Animals 18 Aug 2013 | 07:59 am
Note: there will be no link round-up today because a couple of blog posts and news items inspired the following post: A recent study found that humans have more empathy for beaten puppies than for hu...
More Child Abuse in the Name of Religion 16 Aug 2013 | 05:18 am
In the local paper today, a Christian couple that starved their children after leaving Muncie to join some cult in Branson, Missouri, are being held to account: http://www.thestarpress.com/article/20...
August 10 Link Round-up 10 Aug 2013 | 11:02 pm
Baptist pastor expelled from church for attending Rick Ross ("God Forgives, I Don't") concert. Oh the irony. The Slate reports on the sexual harrassment problem in secularism. Crazy Christian in Wa...
August 3 Link round-up 4 Aug 2013 | 02:17 am
The big news this week is that Ball State University's president made an unequivocal statement on the non-place of Intelligent Design in science education. Blog posts of interest, mainly for the comm...
Ball State President's Statement on Intelligent Design 1 Aug 2013 | 08:37 am
President Jo Ann Gora declared Intelligent Design is not a science and does not belong in a science classroom. She said it belongs in social science or humanities courses, but only if it is presented...
Homeschoolers and Quiverfull Families 30 Jul 2013 | 08:40 am
This week's Washington Post has an article about a young man who has struggled to rectify the deficiencies in his homeschooling education: Josh Powell wanted to go to school so badly that he pleaded ...
July 27 Links 27 Jul 2013 | 08:31 am
Dogs' memories are as good as human's. Their "declarative memory" is, anyway. Federal judge blocks unconstitutional North Dakota abortion bill. Hijab tourism pisses off women who are forced to wear ...
July 20 Link Roundup 20 Jul 2013 | 10:03 am
Zoom from theoretical subatomic particles to the observable universe at this cool site. Lewis Black tells Rick Perry, Don't Fuck with New York! The Atheism sub-reddit of Reddit got booted off the ma...
