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Anti-Semitism History Politics

Stupid, stupid burning brightly, or how not to win an election

Ed happened to beat me to this one, which I saw on Orcinus. If you want a lesson on what not to do to get elected, here it is, courtesy of Tony Zirkle, candidate for the Republican nomination to run for a seat in his House district in northwest Indiana: Don’t show up at a […]

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Complementary and alternative medicine Friday Woo Humor Medicine Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking

Your Friday Dose of Woo: When two woos go to war

There’s a new woo in town. Unfortunately, it’s the same as the old woo. I first noticed it around Christmas. Inexplicably, I started getting a greatly increased amount of traffic to an old Your Friday Dose of Woo post of mine. The post to which I’m referring is one that I did a year and […]

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The 85th Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle: Looking under rocks

Better a little late than never, I’m happy to say that the 85th Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle has arrived at Andrea’s Buzzing About:. What is it about Andrea anyway? And what is this obsession about looking under rocks? What will be found under all those rocks? There’s only one way to find out! Next […]

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Entertainment/culture Intelligent design/creationism Movies Pseudoscience Skepticism/critical thinking

A hometown publication “gets it” about Expelled!

Heh. Before I abandon the disgusting piece of fecal matter that is Ben Stein’s Expelled! for (hopefully) a long, long time, if not forever, I can’t resist pointing out that it’s good to see that at least someone totally gets it and sees through the lies. It’s even better to see it coming from a […]

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Anti-Semitism Entertainment/culture Evolution History Holocaust Holocaust denial Intelligent design/creationism Movies Pseudoscience Science Skepticism/critical thinking

The Darwin-Hitler claim as a form of Holocaust denial, revisited

Yesterday, I did a rather long post that used as its introduction an assertion by bioethicist Arthur Caplan in a review of the anti-evolution propaganda movie Expelled! that the claim that Darwinism led more or less directly to the Holocaust is a form of Holocaust denial. In my post, I concluded that I don’t agree […]