Mano Singham

Author's details

Name: Mano Singham
Date registered: January 9, 2012

Biography

I am a theoretical physicist and currently Director of UCITE (University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education) at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. I am the author of three 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.singham"'at"'case.edu.

Latest posts

  1. A tax code designed by and for the rich and powerful — May 25, 2013
  2. The rise of masturbation — May 25, 2013
  3. Pope Francis and atheists — May 25, 2013
  4. What happened to Toronto? — May 24, 2013
  5. Selective use of the word ‘terrorism’ — May 24, 2013

Most commented posts

  1. The religious problem for the GOP — 102 comments
  2. The Chick-fil-A controversy — 97 comments
  3. The New York subway ‘jihad poster’ fracas — 94 comments
  4. Reasonable gun rights and the constitution — 82 comments

Author's posts listings

May 23 2013

An opening prayer we can live with?

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Recall my earlier post about an upcoming US Supreme Court case concerning the constitutionality of opening government meetings with a prayer, thus seeming to re-open an issue that it had addressed in 1983 in Marsh v. Chambers and which had served as the precedent for all subsequent cases.

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May 22 2013

Just putting on a show

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Politics

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The investigative journalistic body ProPublic has an informative article explaining its own role in the IRS ‘scandal’ and what the fuss is all about, saying that “it reinforces the point that much of the heat generated last week on this subject is just the latest expression of Washington cynicism and its consequences—that the talk show …

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May 22 2013

A better way of starting meetings

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Politics, Religion

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Via Jonathan Turley I learned about an Arizona state representative Juan Mendez who, when it was his turn to open the session with a prayer, chose instead to use the occasion to reveal that he was a secular humanist.

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May 22 2013

God backs ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Support’

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Religion

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Fred Phelps Jr., the son of the head of the Westboro Baptist Church Fred Phelps, knows what caused the massive tornadoes in Oklahoma. It was the fact that Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma Thunder spoke in support of Jason Collins coming out as the first openly gay active player in a major US professional sport.

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May 22 2013

Is America a democracy?

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Economics, Politics

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Political scientist Robert Dahl said in 1971 that “a key characteristic of a democracy is the continued responsiveness of the government to the preferences of its citizens, considered as political equals.” The part I italicized emphasizes the key point, that a democracy involves more than enabling all citizens to vote freely in fair elections. While …

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May 21 2013

Tornado forming

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Science

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I am fortunate to have never been near a tornado. The deadly ones that hit Oklahoma yesterday were massive. There is a breed of people called tornado chasers who actually seek them out to follow and photograph, some for scientific purposes, others just for the thrill of it.

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May 21 2013

Corporate tax dodgers

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Economics, Politics

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For a long time, Apple successfully built up an image as the good guys, cool and hip compared to the stodgy and evil Microsoft, beginning with its classic ’1984′ ad that aired during the Super Bowl of that year

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May 21 2013

Are you a ‘liberal imperialist’?

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Politics

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Stephen R. Walt takes on those whom he calls ‘liberal imperialists’.

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May 21 2013

Supreme Court to hear case on prayer at government meetings

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Politics, Religion

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I went as a guest to a big function recently that was organized by a major corporation to honor its long-service employees. There must have been close to a thousand people in the ballroom. The program began with a prayer, as if the organizers did not care that in such a large group there would …

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May 20 2013

Using the morality clause to split up gay couples

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Politics

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I wrote two weeks ago how the acceptance of adoption of children by same-sex couples preceded that of same-sex marriage because courts changed the standard for awarding custody to that of the best interests of the child. So as people started coming out openly as gay following a divorce, courts did not automatically disqualify them …

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