John Derbyshire
reviews Before the Dawn. Something is rotten in science when
National Review publishes a piece about a book which deals in human evolution that is more positive than what
Nature produces. Of course, Derb likes the book, while the physical anthropologists who reviewed
Before the Dawn didn't, but, the important point is that
Derb actually reports on the substance of the book and its central arguments accurately, instead of mischaracterizing Wade in an attempt to mock him. On another Derb related note,
blow-by-blow at my other
weblog about what went down in the
The Corner over the past few days between Derb & the pundit-pods.