Archive for May, 2008

Intelligent design not very intelligent

by Riley Firth

Ben Stein, of Ferris Bueller fame, has finally done something to make me forget how much I enjoyed his droning hilarity in that film. He has brought so-called intelligent design to the forefront of public conversation once more, reviving one of the most widely-accepted hoaxes in the history of mankind. This latest bit of nonsense [...]

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‘Liberal’ is a good thing, El Rushbo

by Riley Firth

At what point did liberal become a four-letter word in the United States of America? It seems strange to me that a country founded on its revolutionary ideals – a country which inspired much of the world to free itself from the bonds of British imperialism – could nurse a spirit of modern conservatism to [...]

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