Believe What You Want To Believe
2005.01.30 (Sun) 17:46
At times, readers ask us questions which they feel go to the heart of our stated goals: Why do we care what other people believe? Why do we criticize and belittle religion, the paranormal, alternative [»]
Carnival of the Godless #1
2005.01.30 (Sun) 12:20
The very first Carnival of the Godless is now available for your perusal. Be warned — there are a lot of excellent entries, so be prepared to spend some time reading through them. We've only jus [»]
Skeptics' Circle & Carnival of the Godless
2005.01.29 (Sat) 13:09
Two new round ups came to our attention earlier this week. First, is the Carnival of the Godless, created by Unscrewing the Inscrutable. Entries are closed for the first issue (which will be out tomor [»]
Clear Evidence for Evolution, or Reason to Ban Calvin & Hobbes?
2005.01.29 (Sat) 11:42
We always knew that Calvin (of Calvin & Hobbes fame) was highly intelligent, but we didn't remember him taking a firm stand in the Evolution vs. Creationism debate. Apparently, he did, on January 29, [»]
Florida Board of Governors Votes Down FSU Chiroquackery
2005.01.27 (Thu) 23:35
We were happy to see the headline in the Miami Herald tonight that read "State board kills chiropractic school at FSU." According to that article: Florida's Board of Governors today killed a proposal [»]
Urge Your Senators to Vote "No" on Gonzales
2005.01.26 (Wed) 20:20
A Senate vote to confirm Alberto Gonzales as the next Attorney General is fast approaching. It is inconceivable to us that this man could even be considered for the position of Attorney General given [»]
Attention Floridians: FSU Chiro Vote Imminent
2005.01.25 (Tue) 23:21
Concerned reader Paul has sent us a message regarding the upcoming vote on whether to go forward with the proposal of a chiropractic college at Florida State University. Florida's statewide Board of G [»]
Update: Chiropractic Treatments Are Still Bullshit
2005.01.25 (Tue) 21:34
We recently received a comment on our Rant concerning the proposal to create a school of chiropractics at FSU — a proposal we firmly oppose. The comment seems to be fairly representative of the [»]
In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash
2005.01.25 (Tue) 15:43
God is for Suckers directed us to the following news story (all quotations from this story): Republicans Push For 'In God We Trust' Banners In Libraries ... Pasco Republican leader Bill Bunting ... re [»]
The Inaugural Address - Off the Cuff
2005.01.21 (Fri) 20:11
So Bush and his cohorts had a big party yesterday; and George got to make a big speech. His speeches are always impressive, in that it's truly amazing to see a man of his intellectual capacity string [»]
Rice Under Fire - Alas, Only a Flesh Wound
2005.01.19 (Wed) 16:13
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart reported last night on the confirmation hearings aimed at installing Condoleezza Rice as Secretary of State in the second Bush Administration. The committee voted 16-2 [»]
Dover Watch - The Shot Ignored 'Round the World
2005.01.18 (Tue) 22:16
So strange that, with the Dover school district "Intelligent Design" statement being read today, the news on the Internet is, well...quiet. Perhaps this is because after all this build-up, the actual [»]
Dover Watch - The Eleventh Hour (Plus Cobb County Appeal!)
2005.01.18 (Tue) 01:25
As the reading of the Dover intelligent design statement draws near, the blogosphere seems to be holding its breath. The York Daily Record, with no other shoe to drop just yet, reported on some of the [»]
Planet of the Bushes
2005.01.16 (Sun) 23:00
A reader of ours, Steven, seems concerned about the direction Bush's America is taking — we share that concern wholeheartedly. Steven brought up Bush's recent statements regarding the public per [»]
More Titan Pictures from Huygens
2005.01.15 (Sat) 11:59
Here are a few more pictures of Titan, in case you haven't seen them yet. They include a colorized version of yesterday's side view, and a couple of panoramas made up of yesterday's raw images. Unscre [»]
First Huygens Image of Titan Released
2005.01.14 (Fri) 15:38
The first picture from the Huygens probe to Titan was released a few minutes ago. We managed to track down a grainy copy on the CNN web site. In case you are also getting shut out of the ESA web site. [»]
Huygens Lands on Titan!
2005.01.14 (Fri) 11:19
The Huygens probe landed successfully on Saturn's moon of Titan sometime around 7:45AM EST this morning, and successfully began sending back science data, the first of which was received on Earth arou [»]
Dover Watch - ID Statement Delayed (Plus Cobb County Update!)
2005.01.13 (Thu) 23:45
As reported in the York Daily Record, the Dover, PA evolution disclaimer — a statement to be read to students explaining that evolution is "just a theory," and implying that Intelligent Design i [»]
Huygens to Reach Titan on Friday the 14th
2005.01.11 (Tue) 20:03
Not everything that we Rant about falls into the "eradicating bullshit" category — some Rants are of the "use of science...to further the progress of humankind" variety. This is one of the latte [»]
Thoughts on Newdow - Why the Little Things Matter
2005.01.09 (Sun) 13:31
A few days ago, we reported that Michael Newdow had refiled his lawsuit seeking to have the words "under God" removed from the Pledge of Allegience where Congress implanted them in 1954. We fully supp [»]
Dover Watch - Memory Loss and Kudos to Teachers
2005.01.08 (Sat) 21:22
As we stated in an update to our last Dover Rant, all but one of the science teachers in the Dover school district signed a letter to the superintendant refusing to read the Intelligent Design disclai [»]
Armstrong Williams and the Media Whores
2005.01.08 (Sat) 14:01
Armstrong Williams is, apparently, a well-known conservative television and radio commentator and columnist. That was news to us, but then he does seem to be just another conservative shill, and we te [»]
Dover Watch - ID Statement Will Be Read Next Week
2005.01.07 (Fri) 11:27
We saw an article this morning posted on the evangelical christian site WorldNetDaily with the title "ACLU backs off challenge to intelligent design." Disturbed, we read the article, and the press rel [»]
Newdow Refiles Suit in Pledge Case
2005.01.05 (Wed) 23:55
When Michael Newdow's lawsuit aimed at ridding the Pledge of Allegiance of the phrase "Under God" was dismissed by the Supreme Court in June due to his lack of standing to bring the suit, he promised [»]
Academic Validation of Pseudo-Science Bullshit
2005.01.05 (Wed) 21:33
Hot on the heels of our last Rant about the entertainment and media industries validating bullshit by labelling their fiction as "real phenomena" (read our Rant about the upcoming movie White Noise, a [»]
Based On a True Story? White Noise and EVP
2005.01.02 (Sun) 23:38
Is it just us, or has there been a disturbing trend of entertainment endorsing crackpot bullshit lately? We've talked about the SciFi channel, and their endorsement of ghosts and spirit mediums. CourT [»]