November 30, 2025
A few weeks ago, I posted “Lucy and the State of Hominid Evolution”, in which I quoted Dr. Fuz Rana of Reasons to Believe (RTB) in the book Old-Earth or Evolutionary Creation?, ed. by Keathley, Stump, and Aguirre. The subject of that post was… well, pretty much exactly what the title says — “Lucy” being […]
Tags: advanced cognitive ability, art, bone flute, burials, cave paintings, discussion with BioLogos, discussion with RTB, disputed evidence, evolutionary assumptions, fossil evidence, FOXP2, further critical study, Fuz Rana, hominids, human evolution, image of God, instruments, language, marine shells, modern humans, more specimens, Neanderthal discoveries, old-earth creationism, ornaments, Paleoanthropology, red ochre, RTB, RTB Creation Model, symbolic thought
Posted in Religion, Science & Religion |
November 23, 2025
“Large numbers of aliens who are illegally in the country fail to appear for their scheduled hearings, most likely because they know they have no valid reason for overcoming removal and remaining in the country legally.” — Hans von Spakovsky, Senior Legal Fellow and specialist in civil rights, civil justice, the First Amendment, immigration, et […]
Tags: authorized by Congress, constitutional rights, deportation, due process, executive power, First Amendment right of petition, Hans von Spakovsky, Heritage Foundation, illegal aliens, immigration law, immigration proceedings, non-citizens, rights of citizenship, Supreme Court, Trump administration
Posted in Politics |
November 16, 2025
“This video offers an important lesson. It’s spoken with confidence. It sounds compelling. But, it’s completely false.” — Mr. B, “Red Pen Logic” It has been a few weeks since my last such post, so I thought it time to encourage some more careful thought by offering up a couple more episodes of “Red Pen […]
Tags: biblical authorship, Caleb J. Lines, Christian apologetics, correcting misunderstanding, Elon Gilad, informal fallacies, Jewish scholar, misinformed, progressive pastor, Red Pen Logic, shallow thinking, Tim Barnett
Posted in Religion |
November 9, 2025
A few weeks ago, I finished reading Old-Earth or Evolutionary Creation?, ed. by Keathley, Stump, and Aguirre. You might remember the title, because I published two posts this past August in which I cited representatives of the two Christian organizations that contributed to the discussion in the book — BioLogos and Reasons to Believe (RTB). […]
Tags: A. afarensis, Biologos, Collard and Wood, craniodental comparison, discussion with BioLogos, discussion with RTB, faulty phylogenies, fossil evidence, Fuz Rana, hominids, hominins, human evolution, Laetoli footprints, Lucy, old-earth creationism, Paleoanthropology, RTB, RTB Creation Model, types of bipedalism
Posted in Science |
November 2, 2025
I write this post on November 1, the beginning of another round of enrollment into “Obamacare” — i.e., healthcare provided via the deceptively-named Affordable Care Act (ACA), which President Obama signed into law in 2010 (see image). Obama and the Democrats made many promises about the legislation, and Fred Lucas — chief news correspondent and […]
Tags: ACA, competition, effect on national deficit, Fred Lucas, health insurance, massive subsidies, Medicaid expansion, Obamacare, premiums, President Obama, real costs of Affordable Care Act, The Daily Signal, The Heritage Foundation
Posted in Politics |