Dover Watch - Buckingham Caught in Lie
2005.10.28 (Fri) 21:12
You know, we would have loved to say "we told you so" when we read the news that William Buckingham, the apparent senior moron for the Dover School Board, had to contradict his own sworn deposition fr [»]
Skeptics' Circle #20
2005.10.27 (Thu) 12:04
The twentieth edition of the Skeptics' Circle is available for your perusal over at the Uncredible Hallq. Go forth and peruse. One post that really caught our eye was Orac's entry on stem cells. It se [»]
What Would Skeptics Do?
2005.10.21 (Fri) 18:28
A brief exchange on Bill Maher's show last Friday (we caught a re-run) got us thinking: Washington Post columnist Tina Brown: Given that we're in this — I mean, given the sort of religious persu [»]
Media Reports Semidiluvian Days in North Jersey
2005.10.21 (Fri) 09:57
The Daily Show had a little fun the other night, showing clips of the Today Show in which correspondent Michelle Kosinski valiantly paddled her canoe through the flooded streets of Wayne, NJ — r [»]
Andrew Sullivan Hears No Evil
2005.10.16 (Sun) 16:39
Skeptico has a post up discussing one aspect of Andrew Sullivan's appearance on Bill Maher's show. In particular, we learned two salient things from Skeptico's post and the wonderful discussion that e [»]
Stay the Course...Yeah, Right Over a Cliff
2005.10.13 (Thu) 16:33
We have had it with the political catchphrase, "stay the course." It is, in all sincerity, the most shortsighted, pigheaded, blatantly psychotic message that politicians can convey, particularly at th [»]
Best Quote of Last Week...
2005.10.11 (Tue) 21:53
...goes to Salman Rushdie, an amazingly likable guy. In response to Ben Affleck's reference to "fighting for free speech," which was itself in response to one of Bill Maher's less wholesome jokes, Rus [»]
Carl Sagan's Cosmos Returns to Television
2005.10.07 (Fri) 16:44
We were absolutely thrilled to learn that the Science Channel is currently re-broadcasting the entire Cosmos series. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the series, Carl Sagan guides the viewer t [»]
Quite Reasonable Doubt
2005.10.05 (Wed) 10:57
These days, it's impossible to watch television without seeing advertisements for various shows — even when those shows aren't on the network you've tuned in to! So please keep in mind that we w [»]
On Being Almost Famous in Kansas City
2005.10.04 (Tue) 00:25
We were contacted last week by Aaron Barnhart from the entertainment beat of the Kansas City Star. He had come across our series on Allison DuBois, and wanted to cite us in an upcoming article. After [»]
Parodies of Cops Don't Understand Parody
2005.10.02 (Sun) 14:15
Brent Rasmussen of UTI brought our attention to what shortly became one of the newest faces in our Usual Suspects, fellow percentage blog 90% True. Specifically, Brent linked to Cody Cobb's true story [»]
Pareidolia on Parade
2005.10.02 (Sun) 00:31
As reported in the New York Times, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is running a gallery showing entitled The Perfect Medium: Photography and the Occult, displaying a variety of photographs of "ghostly" [»]
Three Cheers for Intelligent Christianity
2005.10.02 (Sun) 00:27
Found over at Tild~ (via Pharyngula), Episcopalian Bishop John Shelby Spong apparently had this to say on the subject of Intelligent Design: Intelligent Design is just one more smoke screen. The task [»]