The discussion over quality in higher education and maintaining standards of academic excellence in American colleges took an ugly turn March 2nd when Harvard law professor and former Clinton Administration lightning rod Lani Guinier declared that standardized testing is racist. Guinier’s remarks ...

Michael Martin who spent some £4000 of taxpayers' money on taxis for shopping trips by his wife Mary is clearly not the only one with expensive habits....

Obama has appointed Julius Genachowski to head the FCC, which I think is pretty good. Genachowski is on the record as supporting network neutrality. Also, there’s a fair amount of eco-friendliness and tech-savviness in his background — he headed up the Obama team’s internet campaig...

A story in Maximum PC relates what it calls the ’start of the impending doom for nVidia’. This is, of course, the gospel according to Intel, so mileage may vary. The war of words and bad blood between Intel and Nvidia continues to spiral out of control, and Intel is back at it again. Aft...

Doncaster Rovers 2 Derby County 1  Having finally found a winning formula in recent weeks, the Rams were brought back down to earth with a bump in this Friday evening kickoff.   Derby were weakened with the both the influential Kris Commons and Nacer Barazite ruled out through injury and were for...

Over the past three years of writing for DI,  I have discussed evolution with many creationists who have posted comments at this site.  These exchanges have been good for me.  They have forced me to think harder about exactly what it is that I understand about evolution and what evidence supports...

Download the MP3 File Thomas Whitley and Sam Harrelson are back for episode 3, which focuses mainly on the meaning and possibilities of Lent (with some discussion of the current Obama vs Jesus theme in the religious studies blogosphere). - Subscribe to Thinking Baptists in iTunes - Follow Thinking B...

As we begin the Lent season together, we're also beginning a new Creative Commons Project; this project serves as a focused creative outlet for the changes we are experiencing as we walk through the calendar year. With Lent, we're creating a practice we're calling 40 Words. In its most b...

BOGEYDOM is dark, dim, unclear, indefinite, indistinct, abtruse, difficult to understand, unexplained, doubtful, hidden, secluded, remote from public observation, unknown, lowly, humble, dull, dingy, gloomy, murky… NOW READ ON> So begins Raymond Briggs’ Fungus the Bogeyman. I was remi...

What a tasteless and offensive question, you think. Let me correct that misunderstanding. Don't look upon arseholes as second-class organs. If you did not have one, you'll be full of shit. If gods don't have the hole, boy, then they surely have accumulated all the crap since the beginning of time. I...