Advocacy As Science

Advocacy As Science

Increasingly one can't help but notice the tone of many of today's hot button science topics have decidedly left the realm of science and become firmly entrenched in advocacy.  My choice of…
Gerald Warner Blows Wind

Gerald Warner Blows Wind

Gerald Warner Blows Wind Gerald Warner is not a scientist: he is a polemicist.  A very good polemicist, if that means someone who knows how to make good use of the diatribe dictionary.  If…
Chesterton, Darwin, and Race

Chesterton, Darwin, and Race

One has to be careful how one reads.  A few years ago I used this short bit from Darwin’s Descent of Man (page 174) to tease a Welsh friend: Given a land originally peopled by a thousand Saxons…
The Importance Of The Literature

The Importance Of The Literature

The Importance Of The Literature The public at large, and unfortunately too many writers, do not know how vital a properly conducted survey of the scientific literature can be.  We must remember…