Theory Vs. “Theory”

I’ve been a scientist for nearly 20 years now.  If there’s anything I’ve learned is that science, as with most cultures, has its own language, its own idioms, its own communication styles.  In the science world, certain terms and phrases are used and their meaning is understood by the community. In the recent debate of Evolution vs. Creationism, or even over Climate Change, there is a...

Gary Stein, Marine, Discharged For Insubordination

*Updated 4/30/12* The interwebs are abuzz about Gary Stein, a 26 year old idiot who received an “Other Than Honorable” discharge for his comments about President Obama on Facebook. To which I say good.  He deserved it.  Not because he called President Obama a “coward” or “the enemy”, but because it is an appropriate punishment for the number of rules, regulations, and articles...

Dear @RickWarren, God Doesn’t Care What You Think Is Fair

He really doesn’t. “Fair” is a human construct, and is always tainted by our own personal worldview. When God and Christ commanded that we are to care for the poor, there was no “fairness” qualifier put on it.  Loving our neighbor is an absolute, not something we do if it doesn’t inconvenience us.  But even more importantly…. God commands “wealth...

They Were Sent And Died For Lies

Conservative apologists now say, in light of all the lies that led to the Iraq war, that we should just forget it, that was the past, there’s nothing we can do now. Baloney. To “support the troops” means more than putting a yellow ribbon magnet on your car or attending the local patriotic pep rally.  It means we, and I mean all of us, have a solemn duty to make sure that these brave men and...

Texas Set To Execute Another Potentially Innocent Man

This is yet another example in a long list of reasons why the death penalty should be banned. From the Houston Chronicle: Like so many before him, Texas death row inmate Robert Gene Will II says he’s not guilty. Will insists that if he can get a fair hearing, he will be another one. He admits he was no saint in his younger days, that he ran with a bad crowd, and yes, that he and a buddy were breaking into...