Cretin of the moment

Dr. Michael Egnor. "Egnorance" indeed.

New Hampshire: the nonsense continues

It's not up for a vote yet, but the usual predictable boilerplate legislation intended to insert creationism into the classroom is being requested for the 2012 legislative session. And for what it's worth (read: not very much, unless you're truly desperate for a set of opinions from people whose opinion you really shouldn't care about), it turns out that Miss New Hampshire and most of the rest of the field of Miss USA candidates are a bit confused about things.    

One of out two ain't bad

First, the good news: Texas House Bill 2454 is officially toast. Regrettably, the same can't be said for the misnamed Louisiana Science Education Act, since the bill (SB 70) that would have repealed it died in committee.  

While we're on the subject of cell phones...

Both Orac and PZ Myers seem ready to engage in some serious thinking contrary to "the sky is falling!" meme that the WHO report has generated in the media. Whether this and other sane discussion will result in much of anything that resembles a corrective (or even a calming influence) is beyond me.