Zachary Karabell on Mark Lilla’s ‘The Stillborn God’

Zachary Karabell / Truthdig Dec 21, 2007 With religious passions inflaming and complicating politics worldwide, the very project of a secular future is threatened. In "The Stillborn God," Mark Lilla reveals the roots of the age-old quest to bring political life under God's authority. He also explores how modern Western thinkers found a way to free politics from theological power and build barriers against destructive religious fanaticism. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Huckabee Doesn’t Cut It

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Dec 14, 2007 Is the thought of him as president just vaguely scary? Or have we learned enough about the man that we should be hair-on-fire alarmed at the prospect, still pretty remote, that he could actually win? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Huckabee’s Sermons Off Limits

Staff / Truthdig Dec 13, 2007 The Huckabee campaign has refused to give the media much more than scraps of the candidate's religious speeches, leaving his 12 years as a pastor relatively shrouded in mystery. We already know he doesn't believe in evolution, thought at one time that AIDS patients should be quarantined and isn't ashamed "to let you know that I believe Adam and Eve were real people," so what is he hiding? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A New Spin on Human Ancestry?

Staff / Truthdig Aug 9, 2007 Scientists studying two hominid fossils from Kenya have cause to wonder whether Homo erectus, considered the direct predecessor to the species of humans currently enjoying evolutionary predominance, Homo sapiens, actually evolved from the smaller Homo habilis or whether the two coexisted for about half a million years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Imagine a President Who Doesn’t Believe in Evolution

Staff / Truthdig May 4, 2007 It could happen The most alarming difference between the Democratic and Republican debates would have to be the response to this question: "Is there anyone on this stage that does not believe in evolution?" Three hands shot up. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Disneyland for Creationists

Staff / Truthdig Apr 14, 2007 Welcome to the Creation Museum in Kentucky, where vegetarian dinosaurs play with human children and 60 million years in their evolutionary age just disappears. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ancient Chimps ‘Used Stone Tools’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 14, 2007 "Chimpanzees in West Africa used stone tools to crack nuts 4,300 years ago," the BBC reports. "The discovery represents the oldest evidence of tool use by our closest evolutionary relative." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Weekly Video Roundup

Staff / Truthdig Feb 10, 2007 This week our selection of Truthdig-flavored videos includes a shocking short documentary on the evangelical war on evolution; a bird's-eye view of perhaps the first ever avatar-attended virtual peace rally; and a troubling home movie of a U.S. Humvee engaging in bumper-car action in Baghdad. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Evangelicals Make War on Evolution

Staff / Truthdig Feb 7, 2007 This short documentary is perhaps as scary as it gets: Creationists indoctrinate children into believing that humans and dinosaurs coexisted a few thousand years ago. Want to see what this kind of indoctrination leads to? Read Andrew Sullivan describing why it's impossible for him to ever doubt the existence of God. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fish Out of Water

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Digital Darwin

Staff / Truthdig Oct 19, 2006 Cambridge University is making Charles Darwin's complete works freely available online, including the notebook the legendary scientist wrote in during the voyage of the Beagle. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Poll: Half of U.S. Rejects Evolution, Backs Bible

Staff / Truthdig Mar 9, 2006 The Gallup report summarizes the findings: "[A] substantial portion of Americans[are] not so quick to agree with the preponderance of scientific evidence" Support for the such beliefs declines steadily with education: Among those with high school diplomas, 58% are Bible backers; among those with postgraduate degrees, only 25%. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )