The Thief
Le Voleur is French for the Thief. In 1828, during the birth and rise of the newspaper, Emile de Girardin had a novel idea on how to use the newest writing technology, the printing press. He and a friend decided to start a periodical, but since they lacked capital, the weekly was entitled Le Voleur (The Thief) and it reprinted the best articles that had appeared elsewhere during the week, saving editorial costs. (from ''The History and Power of Writing'')
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Show Me the Science
New York Times: "PRESIDENT BUSH, announcing this month that he was in favor of teaching about 'intelligent design' in the schools, said, 'I think that part of education is to expose people to different schools of thought.' A couple of weeks later, Senator Bill Frist of Tennessee, the Republican leader, made the same point. Teaching both intelligent design and evolution 'doesn't force any particular theory on anyone,' Mr. Frist said. 'I think in a pluralistic society that is the fairest way to go about education and training people for the future.'
Is 'intelligent design' a legitimate school of scientific thought? Is there something to it, or have these people been taken in by one of the most ingenious hoaxes in the history of science? Wouldn't such a hoax be impossible? No. Here's how it has been done."
Written at 10:56 PM by Darcy.
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