Cosmos returns!!!
Greetings heathens, zealots, web denizens and the rest of you! The new Cosmos is FINALLY here! In 1980 the late, great, scientist Carl Sagan broadcast Cosmos: A Personal Journey on PBS. In the 13 part...
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How much do you know about science? Take the quiz!
Greetings heathens, zealots, web denizens and the rest of you! So we have two brilliant of episodes of Cosmos in the can, and I am completely blown away. The last episode on evolution and how life...
View ArticleWhat does the Maidana fight tell us about a possible Mayweather vs. Pacquiao...
Greeting boxing fans; I had intended to Tweet round-by-round the Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana welterweight title fight Saturday night. I really did. But I only managed one Tweet. It was after...
View ArticleHudak starts on a sour symphony: postscript
Greetings heathens, zealots, web denizens and the rest of you! I don’t know how I am going to keep up with this election. I just don’t. Yesterday, I wrote a column about Progressive Conservative leader...
View ArticleThe Tory math problems get worse
Greetings heathens, zealots, web denizens and the rest of you! So by now you’ve probably heard about Tory leader’s Tim Hudak’s, ah, questionable math on the jobs plan. In short, the numbers don’t add...
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I get feedback: I work for Satan edition
Greetings heathens, zealots, web denizens and the rest of you! Earlier this month I wrote in my regular Grant Rant column that Pope Frank, for all his positive attributes, is doing the world a massive...
View Article50 Shades of Terrible.
Greetings heathens, zealots, web denizens and the rest of you! So, it is almost upon us. A pox potentially worse than Glee. A horror worse than any zombie movie or robot take over melodrama. A 50...
View ArticleI get feedback: Creationist logic edition
Greetings heathens, zealots, web denizens and the rest of you! So apparently my column on the nature of science reporting has some creationists all tied up into knots. The thrust of my piece was new...
View ArticleSome thoughts on Freedom of Speech
Greetings heathens, zealots, web denizens and the rest of you! I got an email from a reader the other day in response to a column I wrote about freedom of speech and the Charlie Hebdo attack, who...
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RIP Leonard Nimoy
I clearly remember the saddest moment of my childhood. I had just turned nine. My friends and I were packed into a Calgary movie theatre to watch Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. It was easily the...
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