by Amanda Read Sheik | Mar 21, 2010 | Comedy, World Views
The history of science is one of my primary interests. What constitutes science, how scientific opinion and data has changed or appeared, and what sort of influence the whole field of science has on culture, as well as vice versa. Despite all its glory, science is,...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Mar 16, 2010 | Comedy, Satire, World Views
…Asteroids, asteroids, we all fall down. “Evolution is so ‘out there’ that it’s on its way out,” a friend told me. She had many reasons to conclude that it is irrational of some scientists to proclaim that macroevolution is fact. ...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Mar 9, 2010 | Comedy, Satire, World Views
After all, when in doubt, blame an asteroid. No other disaster will do. When I was a child I once acquired a mainstream “educational” coloring book about dinosaurs. The last page in the book featured two parrots with the caption, “This is what...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Feb 23, 2010 | Luke Historians, World Views
I’m not sure why that title came to my mind. I suppose it’s just another one of my tributes to the downright stiff-necked mankind’s attempts at knowledge continuing to pale in contrast to the Bible. Not everybody realizes that faith can be...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Feb 7, 2010 | Politics
Some readers of Sincerely Amanda might remember the satirical literary lashing I gave to third-party candidates, their supporters and any who refused to vote in the 2008 Presidential Election. Well, I called it like I saw it regarding any who turned their noses up at...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Jan 27, 2010 | Luke Historians, Politics, World Views
Pam & Tim Tebow (AP Photo) So let’em tell it! Liberal women’s groups et al are offended at the prospects of a Super Bowl ad featuring Tim Tebow and his mother, Pam. The reason? Because it is “likely to convey an anti-abortion message.” ...
