After 18 years, since 1987, Greece becomes once again the European Champion of the EuroBasket 2005. In a 78-62 victory over Germany, the Greek team offered a very impressive performance to its 20,000 supporters at the Belgrade Arena.
Congratulations to the players and their coach for their good work!
Congratulations to all the teams for a very […]

A reply to a comment placed by a friend in ‘Evolution – The scientific front’:
“The matter, put simply, is thus: Evolution is a materialist theory, while you are anti-materialist!”
Now, let’s see… in only one sentence, you manage to compact two false statements. What makes me sad is that I suspect that you knew that […]

I just found out at e-roosters a link for The Becker-Posner Blog. THUMBS UP!
From the blog’s introductory message (5 Dec 04: Introduction to the Becker-Posner Blog):
“Blogging is a major new social, political, and economic phenomenon. It is a fresh and striking exemplification of Friedrich Hayek’s thesis that knowledge is widely distributed among people and […]

From the CATO Institute Daily Dispatch (Sep. 15, 2005):
Pledge of Allegiance Declared Unconstitutional
“A federal judge declared Wednesday that the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools is unconstitutional, a decision that could put the divisive issue on track for another round of Supreme Court arguments,” The Associated Press reports.
“U.S. District Judge […]

Richard Dawkins and Jerry Coyne wrote an article in the Guardian to argue why “accepting ‘intelligent design’ in science classrooms would have disastrous consequences”.
“[Intelligent design] is not a scientific argument at all, but a religious one. It might be worth discussing in a class on the history of ideas, in a philosophy class on popular […]

The Yahoo company assisted the Chinese government in tracking down journalist Shi Tao, as Reporters Without Borders report. In its defense, the company said that “its local country sites must operate within the laws, regulations and customs of the country in which they are based”. It is a known practice of the Chinese government […]

Η ιστορία ξεκίνησε όταν ο αγροτοσυνδικαλιστής της Ν.Δ. κ. Θαν. Κοκκινούλης υπαινίχθηκε ότι κορυφαία κυβερνητικά στελέχη χρηματίζονται. Οι δημοσιογράφοι βγήκαν αμέσως στους δρόμους και ζητούσανε απ’ όποιον βρίσκανε μπροστά τους να τους κάνει κάποιο σχόλιο. Ο κ. Πολύζος, βουλευτής της Ν.Δ., ‘παρασύρθηκε’ και δήλωσε μπροστά στις τηλεοπτικές κάμερες το αυτονόητο: «Aμφιβάλλετε ότι και στη N.Δ., […]

Many people think that whatever happens with the U.S. Supreme Court is an internal issue of the U.S. and bears no relevance whatsoever with what happens, or will happen, here in Europe. My opinion is that, although the Supreme Court is indeed an American institution, its influence on judicial matters, and politics in general, […]