Bilbo's Blog

In my discussion with Joshua, the question of what international law has to say regarding preemptive strikes has come up:   When, if ever, s...

James Shapiro responded to Jerry Coyne's criticisms, which Coyne put in the combox , instead of starting another thread, which would ha...

Could this be a Game-Changer? : Last year, Houston-based Noble Energy discovered vast tracts of natural gas off the coast of Israel and Cy...

I grew up in the 60s, when the environmental movement was getting started.  There was no talk of global warming, then.  Just people wanting ...

I accused Jerry Coyne of only attacking Lynn Margulis after she died . As Troy pointed out, this was incorrect, as for example this articl...

Jerry Coyne offers a review of an article by his colleague, James Shapiro (Coyne didn't bother to read Shapiro's book ). At least...