Monthly Archives: September 2020

Evolution For the Mentally Competent

Posted on 2020-09-30 by jimbelton

Creation.com’s 15 Questions for Evolutionists are a lot better (and tougher) than Eric Hovind’s, but they still show an incredible ignorance of science, and laughably try to claim that science is “just like religion”. Nonsense. 1. How did life originate? … Continue reading →

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Evolution for Dummies

Posted on 2020-09-28 by jimbelton

Eric Hovind of Creation Today offers 10 Questions to Ask Evolutionists. I’m going to answer them. 1. Where did the space for the universe come from? This question has nothing to do with evolution. Rather, it’s one of cosmology. The … Continue reading →

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Review: “Jennifer’s Body”

Posted on 2020-09-28 by jimbelton

* * * B Jennifer’s Body is a horror film from 2009. While serious, it has some self-aware comedy that makes it much lighter fare that, for example, “Let Me In”. The horror premise is very weak. Since it comes … Continue reading →

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There’s No Pleasing the Environmentalists

Posted on 2020-09-23 by jimbelton

Writing in the Guardian, George Monbiot opines that Electric cars won’t solve our pollution problems – Britain needs a total transport rethink.While his is a British view of the issue, his opinion serves a good cautionary tale. Could it be … Continue reading →

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Series Review: “Absentia” (seasons 1-3)

Posted on 2020-09-19 by jimbelton

* * * B Absentia is a Prime series revolving around FBI agent Emily Byrne (Stana Katic) who, after being abducted and presumed dead, returns after 6 years. All three seasons are good. The first revolves around Emily’s search for … Continue reading →

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Cultural Marxists Cry When Criticized for Trying to Cancel Pinker

Posted on 2020-09-19 by jimbelton

Richard Hanania, writing in Quillette, claims to have learned the Lessons of the Pinker Affair: The Problem with the Academy is False Beliefs, Not Intolerance. While he gets some of it wrong, I largely agree with his conclusions. Earlier this … Continue reading →

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Covid-19 and Climate Change Are Not Comparable

Posted on 2020-09-18 by jimbelton

Aaron Wherry writes for CBC news that the climate crisis is still a massive threat — even in the middle of a pandemic. The profound and urgent threat of climate change still hangs over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government — quite … Continue reading →

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Will Liberals Stand Up to the Cultural Marxists?

Posted on 2020-09-15 by jimbelton

A month ago in Quillette, Yoram Hazony wrote a critique of Liberalism titled The Challenge of Marxism that is well worth reading as a Conservative viewpoint on the battle between the neoliberal centrists and the so called progressives. Today, Cathy … Continue reading →

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Is Lab Grown Meat the Future?

Posted on 2020-09-13 by jimbelton

Documentary filmmaker Liz Marshall is about to release a documentary, Meat the Future, on how new food science grows meat from cells without the need to breed, raise and slaughter animals. The film, from the documentary Channel, tells an exclusive … Continue reading →

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Endgame: Global Heating Used to Push Global Taxation

Posted on 2020-09-10 by jimbelton

If Global Warming is truly a crisis, why does Robin Russell-Jones of the Guardian worry Will the Cop26 climate conference be a national embarrassment for Britain? If embarrassment is what you’re most worried about, you don’t seem very serious about … Continue reading →

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