Ghulf Genes

Brigitte found a fascinating article yesterday centered on the U.S. Ramstein Air Base in Germany—a place where she once worked before she an...

Occasionally we hear people say that an institution is behind or ahead of the times (see last two posts). The word “times” here signals eit...

Headline-writing is an art most resembling free verse. Free verse is a flattering sort of writing genre, much like modern art. Anyone can do...

Pierre Lecompte du Noüy, a prominent French doctor, wrote a book intended for a general readership titled Human Destiny , and evidently it w...

Flet victus, victor interiit . The conquered mourns, the conqueror’s undone. [Roman proverb] When this old saw is carefully unpacked, a task...

[This is a science-fiction fantasy. Or is it a science-science fantasy?] Life is like the big red spot on Jupiter. No; I am not kidding. B...

I came across some notes of mine from May 2005 titled “A Battle of Clerics.” My new look then at the subject of intelligent design (ID) must...

Emerging as I did from a Jesuit education—which I value, incidentally—one of the amusing paradoxes I encountered was that some famous author...

Back a while now, I think it was late in 2005, Smithsonian published brief profiles of “35 Who Made a Difference.” The magazine, celebratin...

In anticipation of tomorrow’s anniversary, here a few reflections on that interesting concept in biology, natural selection. It is quite cle...