Evolution http://gregladen.com/blog not just a theory anymore Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:51:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 A few drawings http://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/268/ http://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/268/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:51:41 +0000 Greg Laden http://gregladen.com/blog/?p=268

[...]]]> http://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/268/feed/ 0 Greg’s Bloggy Newsletter http://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/gregs-bloggy-newsletter-2/ http://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/gregs-bloggy-newsletter-2/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:06:53 +0000 Greg Laden http://gregladen.com/blog/?p=265 There are a lot of exciting developments to talk about in this week’s newsletter. First, the second of these news letters (the one you are reading right now) has been produced, which is a sign that I may do these regularly. Second, and much more important, is that a whole bunch of interesting climate blogging [...]]]> http://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/gregs-bloggy-newsletter-2/feed/ 0 Greg’s Bloggy Newsletter http://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/gregs-bloggy-newsletter/ http://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/gregs-bloggy-newsletter/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:57:34 +0000 Greg Laden http://gregladen.com/blog/?p=263 This is an experiment. To reduce complexity in my own life and enhance the quality of communication between me and you, I’m going to try this “newsletter” thingie. It will probably be weekly, roughly timed for the middle of the week, and will include links to the blog posts I personally wish that you would [...]]]> http://gregladen.com/blog/2011/09/gregs-bloggy-newsletter/feed/ 0 Testosterone Damaged My Brain Tee-Shirt http://gregladen.com/blog/2011/08/testosterone-damaged-my-brain-tee-shirt/ http://gregladen.com/blog/2011/08/testosterone-damaged-my-brain-tee-shirt/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:54:47 +0000 Greg Laden http://gregladen.com/blog/?p=259

Get your sex-determining genetics and endocrinology tee-shirt here.

]]> http://gregladen.com/blog/2011/08/testosterone-damaged-my-brain-tee-shirt/feed/ 2 Child abuse in the name of god http://gregladen.com/blog/2007/06/child-abuse-in-the-name-of-god/ http://gregladen.com/blog/2007/06/child-abuse-in-the-name-of-god/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:00:41 +0000 Greg Laden http://gregladen.com/blog/?p=233 Hitting your children is abuse. Regular hitting of your children perpetuates this abuse into the next generation. Our modern civilized society shuns this behavior, though it is still practiced by an alarming number of individuals.

PZ Myers writes about Joey Salvati, who has started a business whereby he sells paddles, and provides instructions on [...]]]> http://gregladen.com/blog/2007/06/child-abuse-in-the-name-of-god/feed/ 3 Got milk (alleles)? http://gregladen.com/blog/2007/02/got-milk-alleles/ http://gregladen.com/blog/2007/02/got-milk-alleles/#comments Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:42:25 +0000 Greg Laden http://gregladen.com/blog/?p=39 As you probably know, everyone should drink milk. Lots and lots and lots of milk. All your life. Or so says the American Dairy Industry, often using those sexy posters of famous people with milk smeared on their faces.

The truly amazing thing about those posters is that the people in them more often [...]]]> http://gregladen.com/blog/2007/02/got-milk-alleles/feed/ 0 Global Warming, the Blog Epic ~ 01 ~ Introduction http://gregladen.com/blog/2007/02/global-warming-the-blog-epic-01-introduction/ http://gregladen.com/blog/2007/02/global-warming-the-blog-epic-01-introduction/#comments Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:04:57 +0000 Greg Laden http://gregladen.com/blog/?p=217 The IPCC report is out, “An Inconvenient Truth” has been honored by the academy, a sea change is happening in the way that climate change news is being reported, and you can bet the Right Wing and the Ree-pubs are as we speak working up new Talking Points and Spins to deflate the urgency of [...]]]> http://gregladen.com/blog/2007/02/global-warming-the-blog-epic-01-introduction/feed/ 0 Racism, Creationism, Darwinism http://gregladen.com/blog/2007/02/racism-creationism-darwinism/ http://gregladen.com/blog/2007/02/racism-creationism-darwinism/#comments Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:04:53 +0000 Greg Laden http://gregladen.com/blog/?p=215 Racism and it’s various manifestations such as eugenics is a Janus Faced monster of human society. One side speaks to people’s fear and hate, and is social and political. It speaks a sermon to the angry and downtrodden who love to hear that their “race” is superior, or to the social managers and engineers who [...]]]> http://gregladen.com/blog/2007/02/racism-creationism-darwinism/feed/ 0 Home Schooling Creationist Science Fair 2007 http://gregladen.com/blog/2007/02/home-schooling-creationist-science-fair-2007/ http://gregladen.com/blog/2007/02/home-schooling-creationist-science-fair-2007/#comments Mon, 19 Feb 2007 02:04:52 +0000 Greg Laden http://gregladen.com/blog/?p=214 Well, Amanda, Julia and I stopped by the 2007 Home Schooling Creationist Science Fair over at the unique Har Mar Mall in Roseville, Minnesota. Very few of the shoppers passing through the mall seemed to take much of an interest. There were a couple of moms showing each exhibit to their children, reading off the [...]]]> http://gregladen.com/blog/2007/02/home-schooling-creationist-science-fair-2007/feed/ 0 Flock of Dodos Rocks http://gregladen.com/blog/2007/02/flock-of-dodos-rocks/ http://gregladen.com/blog/2007/02/flock-of-dodos-rocks/#comments Sun, 18 Feb 2007 02:04:50 +0000 Greg Laden http://gregladen.com/blog/?p=213 The new feature-length documentary by filmmaker and evolutionary biologist Randy Olson, “Flock of Dodos” was shown at the Bell Museum last night. Executive Producer Steven Miller, and the Minnesota Evolutionary Musketeers, Scott Lanyon, Mark Borrello and PZ Myers were in attendance to lead a discussion afterwards, moderated by the Phil Donahue Like Shanai Matteson.

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