AMERICANTHINKER - Conservatism and evolution
By Gary Gindler Make what you will of Charles Darwin’s natural selection theory in biology, but it can certainly be applied to political thought.
STRIPES (Seth Robson) - First jets land in Australia ahead of large-scale air combat exercise Pitch Black | Stars and Stripes
Pitch Black is Australia’s largest international exercise and will feature more than 100 aircraft from the U.S. and 19 other nations.
STRIPES (Seth Robson) - Rotational Marines move to southern Philippines after coastal-defense training | Stars and Stripes
Two thousand members of Marine Rotational Force-Darwin began an annual six-month mission to Australia’s Northern Territory in mid-March.
NYTIMES (Michael S. Rosenwald) - Robert Trivers, Eccentric Scientist Who Probed Human Nature, Dies at 83
A visionary evolutionary biologist, he drew comparisons to Charles Darwin with his theories on the genetic roots of seemingly detrimental behaviors like self-deception.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Theodore Dalrymple) - Paul Ehrlich, Estimated Prophet
The modern Malthusian had conviction, if nothing else. The post Paul Ehrlich, Estimated Prophet appeared first on The American Conservative .
Takimag Paul Ehrlich, Estimated Prophet The modern Malthusian had conviction, if nothing else. TakiMag It is curious how at least three prominent entomologists strayed into human affairs in the twentieth century, as if the world of insects were too narrow for them. Alfred Kinsey, who studied gall-wasps, became the most famous sexologist of his time; Edward Wilson, who knew more about ants than anyone in history, founded sociobiology, the theory that evolution explained social organization which in turn explained human behavior; and Paul Ehrlich, the lepidopterist who became the Cassandra of population growth. It is true that…Open