I plan to participate in a blog swarm called Blog Against The Theocracy 2009. I think this is definitely a project I can get behind, and I have a few days to work on it. On the one hand, I do feel less apprehensive these days about not being Christian, but there is still a lot of work to be done. I ...
Though we are nearing the end of the “official” Darwin Day celebration, considering Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species, 2009 is sure to be the Year of Darwin. In fact, a slew of events will be filling the entire month of February and ...
I’ve cross-posted this from A Developing Passion because Darwin’s influence deserves as much positive publicity as it can get. Also because I can get ResearchBlogging to register it, while I am waiting for the other blog to be recognized. Amit S Verma, David R FitzPatrick (2007). Anophthalmia and mi ...
I happily confess that I haven’t read many of Charles Darwin’s published works. Of those few that I have, one of my favourite passages (from The Voyage of the Beagle) is this: “In the evening we reached the island of San Pedro, where we found the Beagle at anchor. In doubling the point, two of the [ ...
President Obama rescinded the Global Gag Rule yesterday. Wishes really do come true! Well, kinda sorta. Being the cynical bitch I am, Obama’s timing and statement threw up all kinds of red feminist flags for me. As I said in Thursday’s Blog for Choice post, I had hoped - fervently - that Obama would ...
Oh, yays! Today marks the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade - and it’s also the fourth annual Blog for Choice Day! Over at easyVegan.info, I spent quite a bit of time examining reproductive rights as it relates to animal advocacy, but I fear I only scratched the surface. Volumes can be - have been! - ...
This looks like fun: A " blog swarm", where not only are they soliciting Darwin-themed blog posts to celebrate the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth (February 12th, 1809), but are intending to aggregate them all as well. Regardless of your views on Darwin the man, his scientific prowess (or not) ...
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