Life in the Atomic Age

That is, without comment.

I think you’ll be glad you did.

Isn’t what you might expect.

The Vatican’s chief astronomer said Friday that “intelligent design” isn’t science and doesn’t belong in science classrooms, the latest high-ranking Roman Catholic official to enter the evolution debate in the United States.

The Rev. George Coyne, the Jesuit director of the Vatican Observatory, said placing intelligent design theory alongside that of evolution in school programs was “wrong” and was akin to mixing apples with oranges.

“Intelligent design isn’t science even though it pretends to be,” the ANSA news agency quoted Coyne as saying on the sidelines of a conference in Florence. “If you want to teach it in schools, intelligent design should be taught when religion or cultural history is taught, not science.”

Define science, you say? Well alrighty then.

People frequently ask me, apparently seriously, if I’m worried about going to live among “Canadian liberals”. I can honestly reply that I’m not too worried, for multiple reasons.

Vectored.

are doomed to repeat them.

These supposed news outlets published Massey’s claims without even trying to verify them — or, in some cases, without even getting a pro forma response from the Pentagon. During Vietnam, the news media promoted a similar showcase of the anti-war Left called “Winter Soldier,” which also featured first-person allegations of U.S. war crimes. Eventually, it came out that the claims were a total fraud. Now, the same crowd is at it again. And, once again, their media allies are playing along.

Got back from an exam committee meeting in Denver on Monday, went straight onto clinics, and had a very busy week. We’ve finally moved all of our stuff into the rental house, and are still living out of boxes. Lots of problems with the rental house, but it’s better than nothing and it will be just fine once we get everything squared away. I finally have internet access at home again, so hopefully I can start with more frequent updates.

I hope everyone’s been well. Sometimes life can be very hectic - but those periods just make you appreciate the brief moments of calm all that much more.

Here’s a photo I took of comet Hale-Bopp, from our farm up in the Catskills. It was a cold winter night, and the comet was spectacular. Here’s the question - what made the artifact on the lfet hand side of the photo?