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After my American Airlines flight finally departed Dallas last Sunday (after a two-hour weather delay) we swooped around the path of a massive storm system. You can see here one of the anvil-shaped clouds forming out of the lower cloud layer.

Storm clouds over Dallas

A child infected with measles, a disease easily prevented with a simple vaccination. From http://www.flickr.com/photos/julien_harneis/4140374881/ Please find below the letter I just sent to American Airlines pertaining to the claim by the Australian Vaccination Network (AVN) press release claiming that AA will give them a platform for their anti-vaccination message. […]

An Open Letter To American Airlines: No Platform for AVN

Preface: Many thanks to Profs. John Cotton, Randy Scalise, Ron Wetherington, and John Wise for their tireless efforts to promote science. Their perspectives on the scientific method, and the issues I outline below, have been a tremendous influence on my thinking and writing about this subject. I also thank Profs. […]

An Analysis of Attacks on Science

19:08: Conclusion of screening and talk. 19:07: ignoring the teaching of evolution is typical; it avoids the clashes with parents. 19:04: Q: Are there statistics on the teachers and their views? A: No, that information is not easily accessible – it might be considered an invasion of privacy. Here is, […]

Live Blogging from a screening of “Kansas v. Darwin”

Jodi cleans mint from the garden in preparation for making a fresh batch of limeade. Freshly colored eggs. The backyard. A drain near the green belt. Wild flowers near the green belt.

Photos from Easter weekend

Hidden by balloons

Birthday girl

Motorcyle Fail

Snow/rain mix

UFO over Allen

DonorCycle

The compulsion to tell tales of faith

This semester, I am teaching a course designed to educate students about critical thinking and the scientific method. There is an inherent risk in teaching this course. It deals with some difficult scientific questions about matters of spirituality or faith. For instance, what can be said of the authenticity of […]

The compulsion to tell tales of faith

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    July 9, 2025
    My #Mastodon instance is now running 4.4.0. Looking forward to learning more about the latest features in this milestone version.
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    July 7, 2025
    I am sad that I cannot partake in #monsterdon tonight … I have to get up early to go work in the underground lab […]

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