The Supreme Court decided this morning that the Second Amendment does apply to the individual’s right to own guns, just as all the other rights listed in the Bill of Rights apply to individuals. But before gun advocates cheer, remember this ruling appears to apply to the Federal Government, and my not apply to [...]

How do we take back all the hysterical reporting over the last 6 months?

The Commerce Department, as reported by the Cato Institute says there was no recession:

Good news on the economy, sort of. The Commerce Department reported this morning that it has revised the economy’s growth rate in the first quarter of 2008 to 1.0 [...]

We naturally think a trend will continue indefinitely, as evidenced by the housing bubble that just burst and the natural tendency for sports fans to rally around a powerhouse rather than their more logical regional choice.

That tendency is no where more dangerous than in evaluating success or failure in conflicts:

In both Iraq, where al Qaeda [...]

For quite some time I’ve been trying to formulate how to explain how Creationists and ID thinkers express themselves in a very different way from those engaged in the sciences, and how these differences seem almost like the Christian and the scientist are speaking different languages. I don’t have a complete explanation yet, but [...]

While the comments show that the strident, irrational atheists don’t like it, PvM at Panda’s Thumb provides an excellent commentary on theistic evolution and how it is not at odds with Christian faith:

One of the major processes of evolution is variation and natural selection. Those familiar with natural selection will remember that Darwin appealed to [...]