Daily Archives: June 8, 2009

Cosmological Natural Selection and the Timeless Block Universe? Maybe All Bullshit, Says Physicist Lee Smolin

Famed multiverse theorist, physicist Lee Smolin, in a recent essay, says he isn’t sure whether he even believes in his own multiverse hypothesis anymore, but he does give it credit for having some predictive power and experimental support: An alternative … Continue reading

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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Jurist?

Dramatist Bryony Lavery has a new play running in London this month. New Stateman interviewed her, and asked her about her creative process: Lavery’s latest play, staged at the Young Vic, is based on the horrific sinking of the Russian … Continue reading

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Which Blue Bus Is Calling Us? Faith, Atheism, and Death in John Updike’s Last Collection of Short Stories

This past weekend, T.C. Boyle reviewed, for the New York Times, John Updike’s posthumously published collection of short stories (17 of 18 of them written in the past decade), and Boyle noticed the theme of religious faith running through a … Continue reading

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The Grassy Knoll of the Far-Right Mind? After the Murder of Dr. George Tiller, Is President Barack Obama in Greater Danger of Assassination?

The grassy knoll of the far-right mind? Salon today has a rather long article listing and discussing various right-wing Obama hysteria claims, such as: Obama is the Antichrist; he is determined to take away your guns; and he is trying to flood … Continue reading

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