Friday, June 20, 2008
Evolution Debate
Full disclosure: I am a hard-core Darwinist. I started studying Darwin's theories seriously in college, and came to conclude, to paraphrase an eminent biologist, "That nothing makes sense except in terms of evolution." So it is with particular antipathy that I see that a McCain vice president possibility, Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal, is on the record defending "intelligent design" theories as the "very best science." For those of you who haven't followed the debate, intelligent design is a creationist alternative to evolution. Advocates of the movement are determined to get god back into the classroom through the introduction of this spurious theory. Not one paper on intelligent design theory has made it into a peer reviewed biology journal. It is junk science of the highest degree, no better than astrology or phrenology. Intelligent design proponents argue that they are being discriminated against by the establishment, that evolutionists hold as tightly to their theory as creationists do to theirs, but this is flatly untrue. Any biologist who discovered a viable alternative to Darwinian evolution would usher in a true revolution, tantamount to Einstein's overthrow of Newtonian physics. Such a breakthrough would be embraced. Intelligent design is not such a breakthrough.
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Can’t realistically imagine McCain selecting anyone other than Palin as his Veep!
A commenter on another post says it much better than I can:
"They say McCain reads the blogs, so here goes --
Senator McCain- Don't let the campaign kibbitzers muddle things up.
First and foremost, Sarah Palin shares your values. She killed the bridge to nowhere. Need we say more?
As for the politics, Sarah Palin transcends geography. Her constituency, like yours, goes beyond state lines.
She will get your ticket access to voters all over the country based on who she is and what she stands for. Because she's young, a woman, a mother with young kids, she will grab media attention more than any other potential candidate.
Gov. Palin also has a son in the active duty military. You have very wisely taken your son's service in Iraq off the table as a campaign talking point. That is and should be respected. But others can talk about it and reflect on what it means.
A McCain-Palin administration would be the first in memory which has family members in uniform during wartime from both the President and Vice President. That would be a powerful statement as to the importance of national service, especially in uniform.
Most importantly, any Vice President should be ready to step up and serve in the event she is needed. Frankly, who is really ever ready? Gov. Palin is as ready as anybody, she is a quick learner, and in her public career has exhibited the courage and decisiveness needed for a great leader.
Godspeed to you in your campaign and in making this important decision."
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