A growing fondness for baboons
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On July 2, former Texas Science Curriculum Director Christina Comer filed suit against the Texas Education Agency. Comer, who resigned in November, contends that she was forced to step down because she forwarded an e-mail about a talk given by Barbara Forrest, co-author of the book Creationism's Trojan Horse: The Wedge of Intelligent Design.
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... You may remember the case of Christine Comer, the science curriculum director for the Texas Education Agency who was fired for sending an email about an upcoming spee ......
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If I have any regret it is that I did not overcome my primate prejudices earlier. It was always easier to see them as not much different from any other beast behind glass at the zoo.
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