Blogs about: Dwight Furrows Posts
Featured Blog
2009: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
2009 began with great promise: the exit of the criminal gang that had been running Washington for 8 years, and the emergence of a new administration full of hope and committed to tackling the substant… more →
Philosophy On The Mesa
2009: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
wrote 1 day ago: 2009 began with great promise: the exit of the criminal gang that had been running Washington for 8 … more →
Manufacturing Consent
wrote 2 days ago: In 2001, Sami al-Hajj, a Sudanese cameraman working in Afghanistan for the Arab news organization Al … more →
Copenhagen Chaos
wrote 1 week ago: There is a good deal of controversy about whether the Copenhagen accord on climate change is a step … more →
A Debate for the Ages
wrote 1 week ago: At Crooked Timber they are debating the relative virtues of Captain Kirk and Jean-Luc Picard (for th … more →
“Darwinist” Is A Rhetorical Trick
wrote 1 week ago: Brian Leiter complains about one of my pet peeves: It is a shame when otherwise intelligent people f … more →
Art and Authenticity
— 1 comment
wrote 1 week ago: At Crooked Timber, John Quiggin is puzzled by worries about authenticity in art. “In the course of a … more →
After Health Care Reform, Reform Democracy
wrote 1 week ago: It ain’t over till it’s over, but unless Joe Leiberman decides to move the goal posts again, it look … more →
The Alternative
wrote 2 weeks ago: Obama is taking a few hits in the polls as health care reform languishes in the Senate, unemployment … more →
Moral Bankruptcy
wrote 2 weeks ago: The question of whether we will have progressive health care reform or a new subsidy for the insuran … more →
All God’s Children?
wrote 2 weeks ago: Charity in the 21st Century apparently means punishing children for the “sins” of their parents. The … more →
Scam
wrote 3 weeks ago: If you are tempted to question climate change because of the recent flap over hacked emails that are … more →
No Patience With Fools
— 1 comment
wrote 3 weeks ago: Al Gore is fired up. In a recent Slate interview he lays into global warming skeptics. “[W]e … more →
Professor in Chief
wrote 3 weeks ago: I can’t imagine George W. Bush giving an explanation like this. Via Brad Delong, this is an excerpt … more →
Is College Football in Trouble?
wrote 3 weeks ago: Hofstra University (on Long Island, New York) has just joined Northeastern in cancelling their footb … more →
Vegetarians Rejoice!
wrote 4 weeks ago: Via the Sunday Times SCIENTISTS have grown meat in the laboratory for the first time. Experts in Hol … more →
Afghanistan Commitment
wrote 1 month ago: So Obama has committed 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan but with a timeline for pulling out a … more →
More Pseudoscience from the Science Media
— 1 comment
wrote 1 month ago: The recently-reported case of Mr. Houben is another example of the science media running amok. Hoube … more →
Meta-Paranoia
wrote 1 month ago: Matt Compton at Democratic Strategist calls our attention to another corner of the freak show. “In O … more →
She’s Back
— 1 comment
wrote 1 month ago: Since Sarah Palin is back in the news, it’s worth revisiting some golden oldies from last year. Juan … more →
