 |
 |
![]](/img/img_tab-corner_ne.gif){kind=small} |
 |
Large Type Edition |  |
 |
 |
![]](/img/img_tab-corner_se.gif){kind=small} |
|
|
|
|
Navigate the Rants Categories
Special Collections |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Recent Comments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Syndicate this site:    |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Search results for "creation OR "intelligent design"" » Chalk One Up for the Non-Asshats 2009.03.10 (Tue) 00:15 Okay, this one was a given: President Obama has signed an ex [»] 2009.01.20 (Tue) 15:58 A little over four years ago, we launched the Two Percent Company. We did so in order to confront a host of disturbing trends that seemed — to us, anyway — to be sweeping like a wave of ra [»] 2007.03.09 (Fri) 10:04 If we mention a biologist, an educator, a skeptic, an atheist, a firebrand, and a cephalopod-obsessed pirate...and we add that it's not a "walked into a bar" joke...what's the first thing that [»] 2006.11.03 (Fri) 23:42 It's been a busy week, but before it slipped away from us, we wanted to point out a developing story that we're sure you've read about. In fact, not only have you likely read about it this week, you'v [»] 2006.10.16 (Mon) 21:42 Ah, proselytizing. Nothing makes our asses pucker quite like it. It's bad enough that some people harbor silly, delusional beliefs in a magical sky daddy, but add to that a compulsion to ring our door [»] 2006.09.26 (Tue) 20:28 Of course you recall how proud Ann Coulter was of the fact that her most recent bound collection of hysterical lunacy was number one on the New York Times Best-Seller List. We were reminded of [»] 2006.08.24 (Thu) 15:14 As all of our readers are presumably aware, the debate over what some call the "morality" of stem cell research has been a hot topic over the past few years. Despite the fact that there are plenty of [»] 2006.08.16 (Wed) 13:23 Previously, on the Two Percent Company's Rants: we discussed a recent study that showe [»] 2006.06.30 (Fri) 13:25 You know, we appreciate the fact that the proposed amendment to criminalize the physi [»] 2006.06.15 (Thu) 22:38 Judicial thorn and outspoken atheist "Rev. Dr." Michael Newdow's most recent bid to get rid of government-sanctioned declarations of religious faith — in this case, his call for the removal of t [»] 2006.06.04 (Sun) 13:07 Ed Brayton has a post up on the sudden renewe [»] 2006.05.10 (Wed) 16:58 Ed Brayton has a <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2006/05/ray_comfort_v_bill_maher.php" [»] 2006.03.06 (Mon) 16:33 ...there's a far more important set of awards coming up: the Koufax Awards< [»] 2006.02.23 (Thu) 14:36 PZ Myers has <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/02/minnesota_creation_science_fai.php" target [»] 2006.02.17 (Fri) 18:24 In the spirit of those career interest questionnaires, here's an una [»] 2006.02.09 (Thu) 23:20 Stop us if you've heard this one before (we bet you have). A while back, we posted a [»] 2006.01.22 (Sun) 00:12 Now this is just sad. More than half of students at four-y [»] 2006.01.04 (Wed) 22:39 So, the good guys won in Dover! Yes, we know that the case was decided weeks ago, but between all of us around here celebrating the holidays, traveling, painting, and, in some cases, being sick, we ha [»] 2005.11.27 (Sun) 23:53 This one goes out to all the folks in the New York area, or anyone who will be visiting within the next six months. As reported over on <a href="http://www.livescience.com/othernews/051111_amnh_darwin [»] 2005.11.23 (Wed) 23:52 If you haven't read it already, check out City Pages' recent <a href="http://www.citypages.com [»] 2005.11.19 (Sat) 00:34 When we started our website one year ago today, the United States was in pretty poor shape. The country was being run by an idiot who played to a radical religious agenda in order to serve his true ag [»] 2005.11.15 (Tue) 20:20 A little over two months ago, we wrote about the FDA's ridiculous and illogical decisions concerning the Morning After Pill. Although research by an independent advisory committee and the recommendati [»] 2005.11.10 (Thu) 18:33 PZ has a quite intelligent post up analogizing the NAS and NSTA's refusal to grant copyright permissions to the Kansas State Board of Education, since said board is trying to Mix 'n' Match™ actu [»] 2005.11.10 (Thu) 17:54 The twenty first edition of the Skeptics' Circle is available for your perusal over at Pooflingers Anonymous. Check it out. We got a good laugh out of the post submitted by Matt, the proprietor of Poo [»] 2005.11.09 (Wed) 23:15 As we learned this morning (initially via Pharyngula), the recent school board elections in Dover, PA yielded a win for science. From the New York Times: All eight members up for re-election to the Pe [»] 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 [»] 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 [»] 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 [»] 2005.09.29 (Thu) 23:15 So The Daily Show had their "Evolution? Schmevolution!" week (yeah, we know it was two weeks ago already), and we watched dutifully, expecting some great takedowns of the sheer dumbosity of creationis [»] 2005.09.14 (Wed) 21:35 ...and we're back. Most of the general craziness we've been dealing with lately has begun to subside, and we should be back to Ranting (as opposed to just barely keeping up with comments on our existi [»] 2005.08.16 (Tue) 15:58 Just a brief mention about an AP article we stumbled across: Harvard University is joining the long-running debate over the theory of evolution by launching a research project to study how life began. [»] 2005.07.27 (Wed) 17:38 Last week, 2% favorite Les Jenkins focused our attention on a story that didn't make too many waves in the mainstream media: The US space agency believes the two rover spacecraft scuttling across the [»] 2005.07.16 (Sat) 00:17 At the end of June, the Supreme Court ruled on two Ten Commandments cases — McCreary and Van Orden. In McCreary, the court upheld the ruling that a Kentucky display of the Ten Commandments in a [»] 2005.07.09 (Sat) 20:58 Over at The New Republic, Ben Adler has an...interesting little piece up (we read it on Digby's blog, following a link from Majikthise). Adler asks of various prominent folks a few simple questions re [»] 2005.06.12 (Sun) 23:35 How do the weekends go by so quickly? Here we are already staring Sunday night dead in the eye and we just barely have time to link to the fifteenth edition of the Carnival of the Godless over on Nick [»] 2005.06.09 (Thu) 12:01 The tenth edition of the Skeptics' Circle is available for your perusal over at Skeptico. We would normally make a silly joke about how you should do something wacky while eating your way through the [»] 2005.05.26 (Thu) 11:12 The ninth edition of the Skeptics' Circle is available for your perusal at St. Nate's. So grab your divining rod, rub your magic lamp, and spin topless around the greased pole of skeptical hedonism. I [»] 2005.05.20 (Fri) 23:58 Because of the United States' policy to not fund embryonic stem cell research, it has been apparent that as long as the religious right is in power, any advances in that field will necessarily come fr [»] 2005.05.19 (Thu) 22:32 Over on AlterNet, Stan Cox has an article which gives a play by play (found via Panda's Thumb) of the current Kansas Board of Education hearings, which will determine if "intelligent design" (creation [»] 2005.05.15 (Sun) 22:15 Yes, we saw The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. And a lot of people whose opinions we respect have offered opinions ranging from "Well, it's not that bad" to "It was really awesome to see it on the [»] 2005.05.13 (Fri) 09:38 The eighth edition of the Skeptics' Circle is available for your perusal at Pharyngula. So whip out your crystals and break into your favorite chant as you roll naked through the rich, creamy skeptici [»] 2005.05.11 (Wed) 23:19 Just when you think creationists are safely tucked away in the backwoods hick towns of the country, along comes New York State Assemblyman Daniel Hooker (R — there's a surprise). Mr. Hooker has [»] 2005.05.03 (Tue) 20:55 Kansas, as you probably know, is one of the battleground states in which the creationists are trying to force their pseudo-science into the public classroom. The Panda's Thumb has been covering events [»] 2005.04.28 (Thu) 11:23 The seventh edition of the Skeptics' Circle is available for your perusal at Thoughts from Kansas. So pull down the shades and light a few aromatherapy candles while you take in the hedonistic delight [»] 2005.04.22 (Fri) 00:25 Angry Professor relates two sad stories of a common form of parenting that we, personally, see as psychological child abuse: what most folks like to call "indoctrination." First she tells the tale of [»] 2005.04.15 (Fri) 17:56 The sixth edition of the Skeptics' Circle is available for your perusal at Socratic Gadfly. At a glance, we see mention of astrology, medical quackery, angels, creationism, conspiracy theories, psychi [»] 2005.04.08 (Fri) 03:35 We recently received an email from the ACLU that warned us about impending censorship legislation which is about to be presented in the Senate. You can see a similar message on the ACLU web site. Acco [»] 2005.04.07 (Thu) 16:32 Jay Mathews, apparently an education columnist (if you can believe that) for the Washington Post, was bored and frustrated in his high school biology class — and apparently, he believes this is [»] 2005.04.04 (Mon) 23:33 It has been a little hectic here lately, and we haven't had a lot of time for anything in depth. So, to keep you thinking (and probably in some cases grimacing), here are some Monday Links. First, Ed [»] 2005.03.31 (Thu) 23:05 The fifth edition of the Skeptics' Circle is available for your perusal at Science & Politics. At a glance, we see mention of therapeutic touch, hypnosis, acupuncture, creationism, astrology, and [»] 2005.03.31 (Thu) 00:15 On March 28, PBS's NewsHour ran a segment on the creation conflict taking place in public schools all across the United States. As usual, it was the old "give each side equal time" approach which is s [»] 2005.03.29 (Tue) 20:21 This whole Dover evolution vs. creation thing has had that "we don't know whether to laugh or cry" vibe going since its inception. Most of the time, we think it's "cry," but in this case...no, it's st [»] 2005.03.20 (Sun) 14:53 It has been a little quiet around here since Part V of Allison DuBois Week and the Fourth Edition of the Skeptics' Circle both came out on Thursday. The push of getting those posts out the door, combi [»] 2005.03.17 (Thu) 08:44 Welcome to the fourth edition of the Skeptics' Circle — a blog carnival aimed at gathering the best skeptical writing from around the blogosphere into a handy bi-weekly digest. In case you're ju [»] 2005.03.06 (Sun) 22:58 The sixth edition of the Carnival of the Godless is available today — head over to the Raving Atheist to check it out. One post that caught our eye was Intelligent Design and Faerie Rings origin [»] 2005.03.03 (Thu) 19:37 We were waiting for the transcript of last Friday's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher to come out — because that incredibly obtuse and unlovable little scamp, Tucker Carlson, was one of the p [»] 2005.02.20 (Sun) 00:55 The fourth edition of the Carnival of the Godless is available today — head over to Philosophy, et cetera to check it out. We were lucky enough to have one of our Rants included in this edition [»] 2005.02.19 (Sat) 14:14 In a move strikingly similar to the well known playground tactic of crossing their fingers, the Beebe, Arkansas school board recently announced that their recent announcement concerning the removal of [»] 2005.02.11 (Fri) 00:47 As reported by the ACLU, and initially found in TheCabin.net, it sounds like creationism suffered a loss in Arkansas yesterday: LITTLE ROCK, AR--Following action by the American Civil Liberties Union [»] 2005.02.08 (Tue) 09:29 In a casual perusal of the forums for the MMORPG City of Heroes, from NCsoft and Cryptic Studios, we came across a reference to one of the most ridiculous examples of frivolous lawsuits: Marvel Enterp [»] 2005.02.02 (Wed) 19:16 It seems to us that becoming an expert in "Creation Science" isn't all that difficult. The curriculum goes something like this: Step 1:Read Genesis, with enough suspension of disbelief to ignore the a [»] 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 [»] 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 [»] 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, [»] 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 [»] 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 [»] 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 [»] 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 [»] 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 [»] 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 [»] 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 [»] 2004.12.21 (Tue) 13:50 As reported from several sources, the Discovery Institute last week distanced itself from the Dover school board and their "intelligent design" curriculum. Per the Discovery Institute's press release [»] 2004.12.14 (Tue) 21:27 As expected, the ACLU and Americans United for Separation of Church and State have filed a lawsuit on behalf of eleven parents of Dover, PA school children as a result of the Dover mandate to teach so [»] 2004.12.04 (Sat) 17:37 Like much of the Religious Right's nonsense, we can't decide whether to laugh or cry about Jack Chick's litany of bullshit. If you've never seen his crap, and if you're not a weak-minded lemming, then [»] 2004.11.23 (Tue) 20:16 PZ Myers posted a short piece on this article concerning the creationist assholes' recent "win" in Pennsylvania, where they have managed to convince the school board to include a "mention" of intellig [»] |
|
|
|
|
Terms of Use — • — Privacy Policy — • — FAQ |
||
|
|
|
|
Protecting our Civil Liberties   Bullshit Busters         |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
     |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Where can you find 2%Co?       Link to our Rants  Link to our Allison DuBois: Debunked! collection  The 2%Co Rants powered by  |
|
|
|
|
