Posts from the ‘commentary’ category

Perry Bible Fellowship, Meet Evolution

If you haven’t read anything from the The Perry Bible Fellowship,  then it’s about time you did: (click image for larger version) PBF is a bizarre…

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More Confusion on Evolution: The Conservative’s Aren’t Alone

UPDATE: The Globe is holding a poll (link):  Do you believe in evolution?  The results, as of 12:15pm (Wed): Yes: 52% (18711 votes) No: 46% (16608…

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Visualizing Your Carbon Footprint: A Six Story Compressed Gas Cylinder

I’m not sure why that I have waited this long to calculate my carbon footprint.  After inputting my information to the calculator at goBEYOND, it spit…

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You’re Making Me a Sad Man, Mr. Goodyear

Canada’s science minister, the man at the centre of the controversy over federal funding cuts to researchers, won’t say if he believes in evolution. “I’m not…

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UBC’s Climate Action Plan

What’s your vision for how UBC can tackle the challenges of climate change on campus? On March 13th, 2008, President Toope, along with BC’s five other…

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United Nations (and more global citizens)

A quick addendum to my recent post asking Who are the global citizens? I find it somewhat amusing, but also more than a little appropriate, that…

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Is Iran Evil?

Stephen Harper, Canada’s Prime Minister, thinks so.  From the Toronto Star: Speaking to the Wall Street Journal‘s editorial board, Harper criticized Iran, which the West accuses…

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Who are the global citizens?

On my Spring Break (sorry, “reading week”) I took a brief trip to Haiti. I recommend the place: it’s a fascinating country, with an astonishing history…

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This is incredibly disappointing

A NASA satellite designed to track carbon dioxide emissions has landed in the ocean near Antarctica after failing to reach orbit early Tuesday. […] The OCO…

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Who believes in interdisciplinarity?

We are frequently encouraged to be interdisciplinary. Indeed, UBC now has an entire college devoted to interdisciplinarity, established by an injunction from UBC’s Senate and Board…

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