Why Evolution is True is a blog written by Jerry Coyne, centered on evolution and biology but also dealing with diverse topics like politics, culture, and cats.
Welcome to Tuesday: the Cruelest Day, November 10, 2020. It’s been one week since they slice me like a lox, but all is well. It’s National Vanilla Cupcake Day, which couldn’t be more lame, as well as Sesame Street Day, Area Code Day, World Science Day for Peace and Development, and World Keratoconus Day. News … Continue reading Tuesday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
It’s the end of the work week, but does anybody know that it’s a Friday (June 19, 2020)? Well, it’s National Martini Day, so help yourself to a Friday libation (shaken, not stirred). It is of course Juneteenth, and here’s a brief history of the holiday from Wikipedia: Juneteenth (a portmanteau of June and nineteenth), also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, and Cel-Liberation Day, is an … Continue reading Friday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
It’s Saturday, January 18, 2020, and National Gourmet Coffee Day (I buy my beans at Trader Joe’s, which seems to me the best value in high-quality fair trade coffee). It’s also National Peking Duck Day, which once again is cultural appropriation because that is a genuine Chinese dish. In fact, it should be called “Beijing … Continue reading Saturday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
It’s Thursday, October 3, 2019, and as you read this I will be in Williamstown, Massachusetts, scheduled to give a talk at the extremely woke Williams College. But I’m avoiding all politics there, limiting my discussions to biology and free will. Posting will be very light today and tomorrow. It’s also National Soft Taco Day … Continue reading Thursday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
It’s Thursday, December 27, 2018: the third day of the Six Days of Coynezaa. (It’s also the third day of the Christian “Twelve Days of Christmas,” a vastly inferior holiday). It’s National Fruitcake Day, celebrating the current U.S. President, and St. Stephen’s Day for the Eastern Orthodox Church—a public holiday in Romania. I am leaving for Hawaii for … Continue reading Thursday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
Good morning! It’s Sunday (Ceiling Cat’s Day), August 13, 2017, and mirabile dictu, I have overslept. I guess I needed it. It’s National Filet Mignon Day, and while that may be the most tender cut of beef, I prefer the tougher but more flavorful (and bigger!) portions like hanger steak or ribeye, though I rarely … Continue reading Sunday: Hili dialogue (and baby Leon monologue)
It’s Wednesday, June 28, 2017, and it’s National Tapioca Day! I love tapioca pudding, but I couldn’t tell you the last time I had it. Where would you get it anyway, unless you buy it and make it yourself? And in Poland, where I’m heading in early September, it’s Poznań Remembrance Day, honoring the 1956 rebellion of … Continue reading Wednesday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
Good morning! It’s Sunday, January 29, 2017, with a light snowfall (about ½”) predicted for Chicago today. I woke up to find the country in pandemonium over Trump’s misguided executive orders about visas and immigration (see next post). It’s National Corn Chip Day in the U.S., and, in Kansas, it’s “Kansas Day” (any Jayhawkers celebrating?) On … Continue reading Sunday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
