Via Andrew Sullivan, Joe Carter does a tidy batch of bizarre anti-gay marriage arguments. Yes, the incest and polygamy analogies are in there. But I’m more interested in the fact that Carter, like so many conservatives these days, has given up on arguing over issues of substance and is ready to say “Okay, the gays [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Francis Collins’ _The Language of God_
Posted by Chris Hallquist on January 5, 2009
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If there’s one thing I learned from Francis Collins’ _The Language of God_, it’s that being famous lets you get away with being lazy. The book is heavy on fluff, light on clear views, and downright embarrassing in some points with the lack of research and effort to understand what Collins’ opponents are saying. Nice [...]
Things I could have blogged about but didn’t
Posted by Chris Hallquist on January 5, 2009
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Taking my cue from Ross Douthat, I present you, my dear readers, with a massive dump of things I had been meaning to blog about this year, but never got around to. Consider this an open thread: *Peter Schiff apparently understand economics. *Via BoingBoing and PZ, chem student gets labeled a terrorist and drug dealer. [...]