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I am a theoretical physicist and retired Director of UCITE (University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education) at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. My latest book THE GREAT PARADOX OF SCIENCE: Why its conclusions can be relied upon even though they cannot be proven was published by Oxford University Press in December 2019. I am the author of three other books: God vs. Darwin: The War Between Evolution and Creationism in the Classroom (2009), The Achievement Gap in US Education: Canaries in the Mine (2005), and Quest for Truth: Scientific Progress and Religious Beliefs (2000).

You can email me at mano'"dot'"singham"'at"'case'"dot'"edu.

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    The new Republican outreach to minorities

    Larry Wilmore and Jon Stewart have one of their entertaining and insightful discussions on race in America on The Daily Show, this time dealing with the recent Republican efforts at improving their message to court minorities. [Read more…]

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    • Mano Singham
    • April 3, 2013
    • Humor, Politics
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    The GOP on how to court the young

    Stephen Colbert does an analysis of the GOP’s new report on why they think they lost the last election and what they plan to do about it. One strategy is to use celebrities to court the youth vote and Colbert and suggests some names of conservative celebrities that will be surefire hits with the young. [Read more…]

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    • April 1, 2013
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    Enjoy the gift of life

    Today is Easter Sunday, one of the two times of the year (Christmas being the other one of course) when Christians get past their obsession with the doom and gloom of original sin and death and hell, and look on the bright side of life, seeing in the resurrection of Jesus a new beginning and hope for the future. [Read more…]

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    • March 31, 2013
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    The Supreme Court hearings

    I fully expected to see The Daily Show and The Colbert Report devote considerable time to the oral arguments on same-sex marriage before the US Supreme Court and they did not disappoint. Here they are. [Read more…]

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    • March 30, 2013
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    What with one thing and another …

    … I almost forgot to take part in the war on Easter.

    So here is That Mitchell and Webb Look celebrating Good Friday.

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    • March 29, 2013
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    The end of the road for same-sex marriage opponents

    Jonathan Chait writes that the opponents of same-sex marriage see the writing on the wall, that they have lost the battle in the public mind and likely in the courts too and that some of them are now looking for ways to change their stance without looking too opportunistic while others want to avoid being targeted as bigots. [Read more…]

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    • March 29, 2013
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    This child has a future as a cat burglar

    When their older child claimed that her two-year old brother was going into her room and taking stuff, the parents suggested that she lock her door, She then said she did so and was still losing stuff. So the parents set up a camera to see what was going on and this is what they saw. [Read more…]

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    • March 28, 2013
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    The pundits who are always wrong

    Cartoonist Tom Tomorrow points out that pundits who are always wrong never pay any price as long as they are wrong in the service of the powerful. [Read more…]

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    • March 27, 2013
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    Pig rescues goat from drowning …

    … or maybe not. An example of why you should be wary of even animal videos on the internet. But you have to admit, it looked like people had a lot of fun making the rescue video. I am not so sure about how much the pig and goat enjoyed it, though the pig was a professional and was no doubt well paid. [Read more…]

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    • March 19, 2013
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    Was the destruction of the Death Star an inside job?

    This video makes a compelling case that the official story as told in the Star Wars saga was a lie to cover up the much darker truth of exactly who was behind that event and why they may have done it. [Read more…]

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    • March 18, 2013
    • Films and TV, Humor
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