Why Evolution Is True

The God Delusion came out in 2006, two years after Harris’s The End of Faith, a year before Hitchens’s God is Not Great., and the same year as Harris’s followup book, Letter to a Christian Nation.

This week Bill Maher’s comedy/news bit on “Real Time” mourns the lack of bipartisanship in American politics—something that was once admired but now is denigrated.

by Greg Mayer The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, the oldest natural history museum in the United States, is closing.

There will be no long Hili today, and probably not tomorrow, as I have to have my retina scrutinized (I think things are okay).

Across the morning sky, all the birds are leaving.

Today’s Jesus and Mo strip, called “bang2“, is an old one that I don’t remember, but it’s a good one.

Welcome to Wednesday, September 30, 2026—the last day of the month and also a Hump Day (“Lillördag” in Swedish).

Hallelujah, we have a contributor!

There will be no long Hili post this morning (though of course Hili’s dialogue is below) due to medical exigencies, i.e., visits to eye doctor (I’m ok).

by Greg Mayer In honor of Drink Beer Day, and following up on the offerings by Jerry and Andrew Berry, here are some beers I had on a trip to England in January.

At last I’m back from the eye doctor and I’m okay so far, having had a suprachoroidal hemorrhage during cataract surgery, a rare complication whose frequency is between 0.03% and 0.1%.

Welcome to the last Monday in September: September 28, 2026 and it’s National Drink Beer Day.

For some reason the Telegraph has thrown in its lot with Intelligent Design creationism—and in the “News” section no less.

Welcome to Sunday, September 7, 2026, and Morning Show Hosts Day.

Did you spot the moggy in this morning’s post?

As I reported recently, UK foreign secretary Ed Miliband (under Labour) announced that a new government’s policy would (if passed) include imposing sanctions on companies in the West Bank, but only Jewish ones.

The latest Jesus and Mo strip, called “grail,” deals with a recent series of events in which John Cleese toured the UK, first showing the classic comedy film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” which was then “followed by an uproarious conversation and aud…

As I’m not yet up to speed, today’s Hili dialogue will be limited to, yes, a Hili dialogue.

Well, my cataract surgery went okay save for one fairly serious complication: a suprachoroidal hemorrhage, characterized by Google search as this: A suprachoroidal hemorrhage is a serious eye condition where blood pools in the space between the choroid (t…

by Greg Mayer Jerry’s being well-cared for; he sends the following:

Yes, it’s Fat Bear Week at Katmai National Park in Alaska. you can read all about it, see the bears and matchups, and vote for the winner by clicking on the site below: About the contest, with the links.

Welcome to The Cruelest Day: September 22, 2026 and the day of my cataract surgery (I am iatrophobic).

My friend Maarten Boudry, identified by Wikipedia as “a Belgian academic and skeptic,” was commissioned by Persuasion (the Substack founded by Yascha Mounk) to write a piece on Jason Arday.

I’ve banged on over the years about how the New York Times is soft on woo—this includes religion—as has Greg Mayer (see references here).

Welcome to Monday, September 21, 2026: the last full day of summer and the second and final day of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.

Did you spot the frog in the photo by Bob Woolley this morning?

Of course newspapers are allowed to have editorial opinions, usually expressed in op-eds written by the editors, but good newspapers are supposed to remain ideologically and politically neutral in their coverage of the news itself.

This is going to be a hard one.

Welcome to Sunday, September 20.

We have three items this week, though Caturday Felids is moribud because of lack of interest.

This week’s “New Rule” bit on Bill Maher’s Real Time show is about the financial apocalypse that might result from the American national debt now being $40 trillion.

Welcome to shabbos for Jewish cats, Saturday, September 19, 2026, with Yom Kippur beginning at sunset tomorrow and lasting 24 hours.

Today’s Jesus and M0, called “rocks“, came with this note, and be sure to click on the link see The Onion‘s image: Friday Flashback from 14 years ago.

Welcome to Friday, September 18, 2026, and National Ice Cream Cone Day.

UK barrister, international law advocate, and legal director of UK Lawyers for Israel Natasha Hausdorff has argued several times on video why Israeli’s occupation of Area C of the West Bank is neither illegal nor constitutes “ethnic cleansing” of Palestin…

Welcome to Thursday, September 17, 2026 and National Monte Cristo Day.

Yes, as the world goes on its apocalyptic way, I’m pulling a temporary Andrew Sullivan and concentrating on other stuff.

It’s been yonks since we’ve seen a new Jesus and Mo strip, but there’s one today called “ravers“.

It’s a hump day (“Долоо хоногийн дунд үе (Лхагва гараг)” in Mongolian): Wednesday, September 16, 2026.

Welcome to The Cruelest Day: Tuesday, September 15, 2026, and Double Cheeseburger Day.

I expect the ducklings to start flying within ten days or so, as they’re zooming around on the pond and, as you can see below, are getting some elevation, so that their bodies are out of the water but their feet are still in it.

Welcome to Monday, Septenber 14, 2026 and it’s National Eat a Hoagie Day.

I have a passel of new duckling photos and videos that I’ll post soon.

You may have heard that the British government has announced sanctions against Israeli individuals and settlements in Israel’s West Bank—punishing individuals and companies doing business from what is apparently Area C of the West Bank as stipulated by the

At the end of September I posted about the BBC’s refusal to use the word “terrorist” when referring to Hamas.

Welcome to Sunday, September 13, 2026; it’s the last day of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, which ends at sunset.

This is an educational and fun 53-minute episode on cats from NOVA, described by the series this way: Worshipped as a goddess, condemned as satanic, and spun into a stunning array of breeds, cats have long fascinated humans.

Please send in your wildlife photos as this is the last batch I have!

Welcome to Catur Saturday, September 12, 2026 and shabbos for Jewish cats as well as the second day of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, with the holiday ending tomorrow at sundown.

Ephraim Heller sent us a passel of lovely brown bear photos (and, oddly, one of an elephant), all save the pachyderm taken in Alaska.