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In fairness to Stein, his opponents have hardly covered themselves in glory. Evolutionary biologists and social commentators have lately taken to answering the claims of intelligent-design boosters not with clear-eyed scientific empiricism but with sneering, finger-in-the-eye atheism. Biologist P.Z. Myers, for example, tells Stein that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ben Stein Dukes it Out with Darwin | 4/10/2008 | See Source »

The surest way to end up burned by reality is to churlishly refuse its existence. If students expect everything, the ultimate failure to receive it is a bitter disillusion—a disillusion which ought to have been expected, but no less bitter because of its predictability. In their rush...

Author: By Garrett G.D. Nelson | Title: Clinging to Utopia | 4/4/2008 | See Source »

Viewing Jesus as a member of the house of Israel is prevalent today in academia, though that has not yet made it to the pulpits and pews [March 24]. Grasping the full Israelite identity of Jesus of Nazareth and his family is essential to understanding his historical roots, behavior and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 3/27/2008 | See Source »

Like most people who gamble, I am very bad at it. But I continue to do it, owing to a delusion that I am awesome at everything and therefore can't possibly lose. Gambling for men isn't about winning money but about boosting our self-esteem by proving that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Stupid Bowl | 1/31/2008 | See Source »

“UBS is one of the world’s leading investment banks,” a recent Crimson editorial informs its readers, “it manages assets worth well over $2 trillion.” And if those numbers do not render you speechless, another of...

Author: By Christopher B. Lacaria | Title: A Band-Aid for Bleeding Hearts | 11/4/2007 | See Source »

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