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Evolving Into 2009

Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 9:04 pm PST

Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world’s data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts do not go away while scientists debate rival theories ...

Open Thread, New Year

New Year's Eve Open Thread

Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 6:33 pm PST

Earth has circled around the sun again, so here’s an open thread to celebrate humanity’s imposition of significance on this celestial event...

New Year

Happy New Year

Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 6:56 pm PDT

Happy New Year to all our Jewish readers, who are celebrating Rosh Hashana, the day of remembrance.

Rosh Hashana, Judaism, New Year, Holiday

Party in Baghdad

Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 6:02 pm PST

Well, what’s gotten into Reuters this New Year’s Eve? In a safer Baghdad, Iraqis party for 2008. BAGHDAD (Reuters) - On New Year’s Eve Ridaa al-Azzawi squeezed into his pointy snakeskin boots, his tight black sweater and his snazzy corduroy flared jeans, hustled down to a Baghdad hotel ballroom ...

LGF, Iraq, Baghdad, New Year

Happy Jihad New Year

Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 8:29 am PST

A bomb in a Thailand tourist area has wounded 27 people, as the jihadis ring in the new year in traditional fashion. SYDNEY, Australia - A bomb attack wounded 27 people Monday in a Thai tourist town where people had gathered to celebrate the New Year, officials said. Muslim ...

LGF, Thailand, South Thailand, Islamic Supremacism, Jihad, New Year

New Year's Day Open Thread

Mon, Jan 1, 2007 at 9:49 am PST

Here’s an open thread for the first day of 2007...

Open Thread, New Year, 2007

New Year's Surf

Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 10:22 pm PST

Open Thread, New Year, 2006, Photograph, Surf, Ocean

New Year Open Thread 2

Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 9:41 pm PST

Another open thread to commemorate another trip around the sun...

Open Thread, New Year, 2006

New Year Open Thread 1

Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 6:51 pm PST

Here’s an open thread as the Earth completes another revolution around the sun and the arbitrary interval we’ve agreed to call “2007” approaches the east coast of North America...

Open Thread, New Year, 2006