As I promised yesterday, here are my responses to some of the recent comments I haven’t been able to keep up with. I received my first correction! After reading, America In Decline, Skysinger clarified for me that we do not have a cure for polio, just a vaccination. Well, that makes sense, doesn’t it? I’m [...]

After reading the books I cited for Civil Rights Day to the kids, my 8-year-old son, Blake asked, “How come all the heroes are black?” Silence filled the space that my loss for words left. I stared at Blake for a minute. What other heroes have I introduced to him? Rosa Parks died not long [...]

Have you planned for a discussion with your kids for Civil Rights Day? If you have elementary age children, I have a couple books to recommend while you still have time to run to your local bookstore. My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up With the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I chose [...]

Israel left town for the weekend. Since he and I won’t be able to go out, I decided to take my three children on a date last night. Not that I don’t take them all over town everyday, but this would be for the pure pleasure of it, no mundane errands attached. We began with [...]

I’ve been learning about Phillip E. Johnson, one of the founders of the Intelligent Design Creationist movement, and now I know it’s a lot more dire than I realized. My argument has been that people are accepting the idea of ID, and requesting that it be taught alongside Evolution, because they do not understand the [...]

Pat Robertson is spewing radical god-speak again. This time he’s leveled his judgments against a man suffering on his deathbed, Israeli Prime Minsister, Ariel Sharon. As usual, Pat thinks he speaks for God when he blames Sharon’s stroke on the decision to “divide God’s land.” Pat referred to the Bible, saying it “makes it very [...]

Let me preface this post with an apology. Lately my entries have offered only two different topics: stories about my kids, and Evolution. I offer my apologies, because this post is also on Evolution. Yes, I know there are many other issues and topics regarding agnosticism. And I am finally ready to sit down and [...]

I hope everybody had their best Christmas so far. Ours keep getting better. And this year I didn’t get food poisoning from my own leftovers, like last year! One of my favorite holiday traditions is our Pre-Christmas evening with our best friends, Tami and Larry Keim. (Yes, you know Larry. And if you read my [...]

Victory today for Reason, Logic, Science, Education, our Children, and our Future! The breaking news of the day is that U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III ruled that Intelligent Design cannot be mentioned in biology classes in public schools. He even said members of the school board lied to hide their religious motives. This [...]