Googbye, and Hello
2006 is over, and the BBC's William Crawley would like to say goodbye to it by naming the person of the year 2006 to be none other than Richard Dawkins. Dawkins, the Oxford Professor of the Public Understanding of Science, was in everyone's face in 2006, denouncing religion as the most dangerous thing the human species ever invented, and pushing his latest book, the God Delusion. Like him or hate him -- and there are many that do both -- Dawkins has never wavered in his arguments, and his science fundamentalism was a welcome pebble in the sea of religious fundamentalism that has swept the world in the last few years.
2007 however isn't looking so good if you believe the results of this AP-AOL poll of how Americans feel about the new year. It's just short of the end of the world, with the doom and gloom over the war in Iraq, potential military draft and ... wait for it ... "25% anticipate the second coming of Jesus Christ" in 2007. Seems like Dawkins has his work cut out for him. [Thanks DH, for the link.]
On other things equally as important as the end of religion and the coming of Christ ... my wife and I were doing a crossword puzzle the other day, as we so often do over a cup of coffee at the local caffeinated watering hole. The clue for 41-across was, "ham radio enthusiasts." My answer: "hamsters." Surprisingly, it didn't fit.
2007 however isn't looking so good if you believe the results of this AP-AOL poll of how Americans feel about the new year. It's just short of the end of the world, with the doom and gloom over the war in Iraq, potential military draft and ... wait for it ... "25% anticipate the second coming of Jesus Christ" in 2007. Seems like Dawkins has his work cut out for him. [Thanks DH, for the link.]
On other things equally as important as the end of religion and the coming of Christ ... my wife and I were doing a crossword puzzle the other day, as we so often do over a cup of coffee at the local caffeinated watering hole. The clue for 41-across was, "ham radio enthusiasts." My answer: "hamsters." Surprisingly, it didn't fit.
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