I’m talking about the political-educational-religious movement sweeping through the USA when I say “Intelligent Design” is a joke. Over the past few years a feud has been brewing between hyper-rationalistic pseudo-scientists and hyper-rationalistic pseudo-christians where each side tries to outdo the other in their rhetoric. It’s unfortunate and downright funny at times. And apparently, Muslims want in on the fun.
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Malcom Gladwell is kind of like a modern day sage/prophet. His books are not necessarily groundbreaking in and of themselves, but he is really good and connecting seemingly unrelated dots and pointing out the picture that emerges. THAT is what he is good at. He has recently wrote a blog entry on racisim and the watering down of the word. Here’s a summary quote…

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