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How should students learn about evolution? On Thursday morning's Takeaway (at about 6:30 a.m. or 8:30 a.m. Eastern), we're talking with Don McLeroy, chair of the Texas State Board of Education. He's believes that students should have the opportunity to...
...but Creationists cannot: Anyone who knows me at all knows that I break down creationist biology into four main components: design, natural evil, systematics, speciation, and biogeography. Hat-tip: Pharyngula, where you will find the relevant link to the rest of...
Darwin issue of a magazine is banned in Turkey: The title summarizes all the lunacy at once. After all the censorship towards evolution (and many other things), Turkish government finally took a giant step -backwards- for all mankind and...
Those interested in the struggles against infusion of Intelligent Design Creationism into public schools, have followed, with great interest, the highly publicized trial in Dover, PA a couple of years ago. At the end of it, Judge Jones not just...
The story about Creationist school board in Brunswick Co, NC is now getting some legs: Brunswick school board to consider creationism teaching: The board allowed Fanti to speak longer than he was allowed, and at the end of his speech...
Not in my back yard! It appears that some people are, erm, a little behind the times down in Brunswick County. That dog will not hunt, though, as it has no legal legs to run on, as PZ explains -...
....is to read how Tiana and Kate had fun doing it: Afternoon Delight With The Discovery Institute In which it should have become clear that we were both drunk and lying Dawkins and Myers, Websites and Pride, and Still More...