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Saturday, Jul 4, 2009
The dark side of religious cultural relativism and the demeaning of knowledge, that is. That this article was written without a trace of irony is most telling. Especially sentences like "there still isn't consensus on just how the apocalypse will come down or who goes to heaven and when."
Slack used a weak notion of argumentum ad populum, by suggesting that it's relevant that an approximately equal number of Americans believe in 'creationism' as accept evolution. All that statistic proves is how bad our science education has really gotten.
Why not try actually reporting on the know-nothings if you're going to talk about them? Like: ask them some non-softball questions and take down their ridiculous charade of false certitudes and credulity.
"Darwin has nothing on the Book of Genesis." Reason obviously has nothing on Mr. Slack's fantasy life. What a sick joke.
The Wasilla soap opera just gets weirder as Palin complains critics are "picking apart a good point guard"
The media outlet's use of Bush euphemisms sparks a much-needed debate on journalistic standards.
And so are his Fox News pals, who lambasted Sen. Al Franken's "stolen election"
An inflexible right wing is allowing the Golden State to drown in debt. But it's not alone
Thanks for sharing, Governor. Now please take a cue from Norm Coleman, and go away
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