Category Archives: Creationism

Nothing in Movement Conservatism Makes Sense Except in the Light of Creationism: Global Warming and Educational ‘Balance’

The reason I keep bastardizing biologist Theodosius Dobzhanky’s aphorism about the importance of evolution is that creationism is so daffy that it makes movement conservatives’ tactics and methods crystal clear (that there’s significant overlap between movement conservatives and creationists is … Continue reading

Posted in Conservatives, Creationism, Evolution, Global Warming, Uncategorized

Why Intelligent Design Should Not Be Taught in High School

Last week, a long time reader pointed my attention to two blog posts by the Washington Post‘s Jay Matthews, who argues that creationism should be taught to advanced biology students by qualified teachers. Matthews has been flogging this horse for … Continue reading

Posted in Creationism, Education, Evolution | 2 Comments

Nothing in Movement Conservatism Makes Sense Except in the Light of Creationism: The Reagan Tax Hike Edition

With apologies to geneticist Theodosius Dobzhansky who wrote “Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution.” Because if you’ve had to deal with the little lies in service of the ‘Big Truth creationists spout, or the complete … Continue reading

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Dear IDiots: Here’s Another Bacterial Structure That Isn’t ‘Irreducibly Complex’

That is, if you’re not stupid. If you’ve had to deal with creationist dumbitude, you’ve probably encountered what they call ‘irreducible complexity.’ By that, they mean that some structures are so complex, only a Vorlon an Intelligent Designer could have … Continue reading

Posted in Creationism, Evolution, Fucking Morons, Microbiology | 2 Comments

Why Would We Take the GOP ‘Flip-Flop’ on Taxes Seriously? It’s Called Lying, Not Motivated Skepticism

One of those things that disappeared from collective memory is the conservative call for economic stimulus through deficit spending…in 2001. I guess you could they were for deficit spending before they were against it (to use a phrase). Ezra Klein … Continue reading

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Federal Court Overturns Texas Law That Would Shrink Government to the Size Where It Would Fit in a Woman’s Vagina

Sounds a lot like when creationism hits the courtroom, doesn’t it?
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Posted in Blastocyst Liberation, Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Creationism | 5 Comments

Overseers on the Galtian Planation

For the Galtian retainers, money is a matter of self-worth and identity, not, well, money.
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The Left Does “Give a Fig About Science”–For Its Own Sake

Every day, I go to work and “beat the Judeo-Christian moral tradition into submission in the service of managerial progressivism.” Or something.
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Posted in Conservatives, Creationism, Evolution, Genomics, Microbiology, MRSA | 13 Comments

Mike Konczal Doesn’t Understand Movement Conservatives

Because nothing in movement conservatism makes sense except in the light of creationism.
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Posted in Big Shitpile, Conservatives, Creationism, Propaganda | 5 Comments

What Rationalizing Progressives Need to Learn from Those Who Oppose Creationism

When policy–and consequently, politics–isn’t personal, it becomes very easy to barter one’s positions.
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Posted in Bidness, Creationism, Progressives, Social Security | 4 Comments