Why do we say “swearing” to refer both to saying bad words and to taking an oath? That seems really weird to me. Any thoughts on this, readers? I remember being especially confused by this as a child because the explanation I heard from kids on the...

We interrupt these long essays on religious belief to bring you a tidbit of news about math education! Back at the beginning of the month, the MIT News Office reported on a recent paper by economics professor Glenn Ellison and econ PhD student Ashley...

I had a very interesting and increasingly complex conversation about the Bible with Chris Guin in the comments of one of his blog posts back in October. What began as a discussion about the proper way for Christians to treat nonbelievers soon became...

To my American readers, Happy Thanksgiving! (And to my Canadian readers, a very belated Happy Thanksgiving. To any who don’t fall into one of those categories… I don’t know, you can have some pie too. It’s delicious!) I’m hoping to see more of you in...

Via the delightfully snarky Ron Britton over at Bay of Fundie, I heard about this conference/webcast called “Darwin Was Wrong”. It’s sponsored by the Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa and some group called Logos Research Associates, Inc. (Sounds sciencey!)...