Stars and Bars (7/12/2015)
I’ve always found it interesting that, for all their sharp differences, evolutionary biologists and young-earth creationists agree on one very important fact: every human alive on Earth today, all 7,255,000,000 of us, …
Tragedy in Charleston (5/23/2015)
I generally use this blog to write about science, history, or sports, but I am compelled to break my typical silence on current events and acknowledge the recent mass shooting …
The Historical Profession is Changing (12/6/2014)
As an historian of science, I was thrilled to learn that the collected papers of Albert Einstein have all been scanned and that, as of yesterday, they are now available online, for …
Violent Birth of the Modern World (6/28/2014)
Today marks exactly one-hundred years since a nineteen-year-old Bosnian Serb named Gavrilo Princip assassinated the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg. The assassination led directly …
State of the Union (1/29/2014)
Like many Americans, I just finished watching President Obama deliver his fifth State of the Union address. If you’re looking for someone to help you make sense of the speech’s …