Sir:

Good to hear from you. Sorry for the late reply. Killer campaign, killer cold, then...rainrainrain.

Hmm. Bad science reporting? Not fair to hit the blogs, I suppose. they're always totally clueless. But I'll ponder. the smaller newspapers are definitely slipping...of course, because they fired their sci guys! Ach.

Interesting your slip into evo and religion. we talk about this a fair lot. In fact, we even have a staff theologian! I can connect you, if and when you'd like to talk with him. A fairly recent clip: http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2009/06/west_of_eden.html

Work wise...I will indeed keep my eyes/ears open. Have you thought about doing what I'm doing? (Me a writer/journalist/editor of 30 years?). With our kind of resume...professional communicators...it's possible to clip into a communications job for awhile. Esp. at say, a BioLogo kind of place...where science and religion meet. Have you hit up places like these:

The BioLogos Foundation
P.O. Box 33634
Washington, DC 20033
www.biologos.org
--founded by Dr. Francis Collins, now head of the NIH
--"promotes the search for truth in both the natural and spiritual realms"
--Contact: Loretta Cooper, Media Specialist

American Scientific Affiliation
P.O. Box 668
Ipswich, MA 01938
978-356-5656
FAX: 978-356-4375
asa@asa3.org
http://www.asa3.org/
--"a fellowship of men and women of science and disciplines that can relate to science who share a common fidelity to the Word of God and a commitment to integrity in the practice of science"
--Contact: Randy Isaac, Executive Director

John Templeton Foundation
http://templeton.org

Metanexus
http://metanexus.org/

Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences
http://ctns.org

Adrian Wyard
http://counterbalance.org

International Society for Science and Religion
http://issr.org

A thought?

Now...you getting work as a professional smartaleck/humorist. Well..I've trod those boards a lonnnng time. Not very renumerative. What's up with the pilot, et al?

r

Hi, Robert-

Have been meaning to touch base with you again for a while, but was busy finishing up my latest book and preparing to move to a new apartment and whatnot. First off, I'm still working on getting this damned promotional video for Enlighten the Vote created, at which point we'll be doing our first big campaign, so that's nifty. Second, I wanted to ask that if you guys see any bad science reporting or anything of the sort to please let me know so that I can make fun of the culprit on True/Slant and Huffington Post and wherever else. Third, I just gave my first university lecture earlier this week to a class dealing with evolution and religion (as in, the evolutionary aspects of religion and its possible functions as well as related topics) last Tuesday over at Rutgers, and it seems to have gone over pretty well; another professor has since asked me to talk to her philosophy class as well.

Meanwhile, I'm somewhat strapped for cash due to having spent a lot of time on longterm projects as well as having to help out a troubled family member, and wanted to see if you knew of any sort of gigs that I might be able to get within the whole skeptic/academia/activism sphere. I'm about to have to start working in the damned kitchen of the Illustrator's Guild in Manhattan under the auspices of a girl I'm sort of seeing but whom I'm not entirely crazy about, and I fear disaster, so I'm basically willing to do anything. If you could keep your ears open and let me know of whatever comes up, I'd be greatly appreciative. I'll be back in business soon as I start getting some checks from Vanity Fair and a couple of other pubs over the next few months, but meanwhile just need to get my hands on whatever cash I can. Anyone who's interested in having their own political humorist get them coffee or whatever is totally welcome to me.
Anyway, keep it real over there.

Thanks,

Barrett Brown
Brooklyn, NY
512-560-2302