Where have all the dinosaurs gone?

One theory is that they drowned in the Great Flood, the one avoided by Noah and seven of his family members, along with a boatload (get it?) of birds and animals hand-picked in seven pairs of twos to repopulate the world. Maybe the dinosaurs were too big to be included. Maybe there were just too …

To start your Monday: Science!

And thanks, Leftover, for the link.

Putting Rep. Gohmert (R-Texas) on your prayer list

Father of three daughters Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, opposes two bills that would encourage women to go into science because, he says… “Washington is always a step behind…we want to take time from our $19 trillion in debt to demand that the National Science Foundation discriminate based on gender.” Yow. Read those bills again, Rep. Gohmert. And …

Please do not talk about our hormones

Yet another male tennis player — Novak Djokovic — had something to say about lady tennis and lady-bodies, because of hormones and stuff. Too bad, because the top-ranked tennis player was chugging right along there, talking about equal rights and stuff and then? He tripped on his tongue. Quickest way to dismiss a woman? Call …

Sheryl Nuxoll? We’ll be a-prayin’ fer ye

GOP state Sen. Sheryl Nuxoll, of Cottonwood, Idaho, has introduced a bill that would allow the Bible to be used to teach stuff. A state senate committee has given it preliminary approval. As I am delving back in and reading the Bible cover to cover, and as I happen to be in early Deuteronomy, I can …

So Hillary’s in. Is she the superior candidate?

She may well be, but I have a hard time believing that’s because of her gender. Or sex. But Leftover provides us with all kinds of food for thought on Clinton’s declared candidacy for president, including this long, long, looong piece by Melvin Konner with the jaunty title of “The End of Male Supremacy.” (Boiled …