Perspective

The notion of the big bang is familiar to everybody at PF. The idea has dominated how people think about cosmic history maybe since around 1965 with the detection of the CMB. Widely shared myths or images about beginnings are important parts of culture. If anyone has a link to some online...

Not sure if everyone heard, but Peter Arnett was fired yesterday from NBC/MSNBC for giving an interview on Iraqi tv. He said things not too dissimilar from what you hear on other reports about how the war isn't going well (according to the media), he just went a little further - and said the...