Jerry Coyne’s Witch-Hunting Ways
If the essence of witch-hunting is in its minute inquiry, condemnation, and eventual throttling of what is feared as supernatural, then there’s a witch-hunt going on...
October 15, 2013
Darwin’s Doubt Available for Pre-Order
They say you can’t tell a book by its cover. Not unless you’re Jerry Coyne, that is. He is quite certain that Stephen Meyer’s forthcoming book...
April 17, 2013
I Promise To Obey Jerry Coyne’s New Rule
If the time comes for me to criticize Jerry Coyne again, I promise I’ll obey his new rule, which goes like this: However, if you’re going...
January 26, 2013
Sorting Out My “Is This Not Also Hatred?” Reaction
Soon after I posted on “While Atheists Accuse Christians of Hatred” yesterday, Crude asked me to write a commentary on it. I didn’t, because I didn’t...
October 21, 2012
Dishonesty Is As Dishonesty Does
This morning I posted a comment at New Atheist provocateur Jerry Coyne’s blog, “Why Evolution Is True.” I was somewhat surprised he let it out of...
September 21, 2012
Sophisticated Biology™
Jerry Coyne has been running a series of posts on “Sophisticated Theologians™.” Here’s how they all go (check it out if you don’t believe me): Pick...
August 17, 2012
How Deeply Atheism Can Corrupt Rationality
Jerry Coyne, the University of Chicago biologist, is nothing if not dependable. When he takes religion to task for errors in thinking, you can always count...
August 8, 2012
Coyne Explains His Philosophical Superiority Over Plantinga
Jerry Coyne explains today why Alvin Plantinga is “so in violation of the normal canons of reason,” such an “infuriating” example of the “drivel” that “passes...
March 2, 2012
Rejecting Knowledge for the Sake of Science?
Jerry Coyne and others may think it makes sense to reject knowledge for the sake of science. They’re wrong. Here’s a great case in point, though,...
February 14, 2012
