forgive me a little brown nosing here

You don’t need to brown nose for my approval. I appreciate the kind the words!

whatever our politics, religion, or species.

I don’t know if I can go that far Jeff. I’ve always hated certain species — like catclaw for example.

OK, forgive me a little brown nosing here, but I’ve got to say that your blog and your site are just outstanding. For their design (intelligent or otherwise), for their thoughfulness, and for the obvious care that goes into their production. All that, and it’s fun. And funny. Bravo, dude!

For me, both science and religion are all about a search for truth, and seeking a deeper understanding of and more harmonious relationship to the world into which we have been born. Unfortunately, we seem to be in a period where winner-take-all is the intellectual, political, and philosophical credo of the day (I don’t know, maybe it’s always been so). Your writings are a marvelous corrective to this small-mindedness and hold out the hope that eventually we may indeed all learn to get along, whatever our politics, religion, or species.