Dan Halloran is running for City Council in Queens, NY. He’s the Republican candidate opposing Democrat Kevin Kim in their race to replace the outgoing councilman, Democrat Tony Avella. Halloran is a partner at a Long Island law firm and chairman of the state Republican Liberty Caucus. He’s also been endorsed by the Queens County …
Author Archives: dlgilbert
Reasonists
From Doonesbury. I found this amusing… and disturbingly accurate. It seems that the US is becoming closer and closer to being the country with the highest number of crackpots. Click for the full comic strip.
Why take them seriously?
Here’s why it’s really hard to take the religious right seriously.
Intelligent Design’s 8 Biggest Fails
Intelligent Design’s 8 biggest fails from Discover. Well worth taking a look!
Christian Vision of Reality?
While perusing the news today, I came across an article on BeliefNet titled “Making Sense of the Natural World.” It was posted by the BioLogos Foundation, which is the organization founded by Francis Collins and, until recently, also headed by him. It’s an organization that promotes the compatibility of science and religion. There’s been quite …
Satan is Everywhere – Outnumbered
I’ve seen a few phenomenal clips from this show and it seems that the writers (and the actors) are simply brilliant.
Creation Museum – The Last Adam
At the end of the Creation Museum’s “Walk Through History,” they show a video, The Last Adam, that encompasses their final three C’s of History… Christ, Cross, and Consummation. If you’ve read my six-part write-up of the museum, you’ll understand that, by this time, I was worn out from keeping myself from bursting out with …
Ray Comfort and Charles Darwin!
It seems that Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort have decided that they want to get in on the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species by giving away free copies of the book to college students. While that seems both generous and out of character, it turns …
Tea Party Rally a Scattershot Rage-fest
From Bay of Fundie comes a slideshow of some of the signs from this past weekend’s “tea party” protest in Washington, DC. I’ve seen a lot of pictures from the event and have even seen a number of signs I do agree with (mostly related to bailouts and government spending), but the number of signs …
Creation Museum – Microscarium
One of the special presentations that Craig and I attended was called “Microscarium,” which required the purchase of a separate ticket and took place in one of the museum’s “classrooms.” The ticket indicated that this was part of the museum’s “Discover the Truth” series of workshops. I was rather dubious of that title. The museum’s …