Daniel is a member of TAMEST, an association of Nobelists and members of NAS/IOM/NAE. Our statement is irreconcilable with the amendments offered.
Science is awesome, and Texas has a lot to offer, he points out. We're trying to recruit top people. S&W are understood as code-words, which will spook good scientists.
Various discussion of S&W, etc. McLeroy doesn't seem to be reiterating his anti-NAS rhetoric.
He's defending the "analyze and evaluate" language, making clear that it doesn't allow one-sided indoctrination, but neither does it require presenting bogus silliness just to fulfill a requirement of "weaknesses."
Returns to praising Texas science.
McLeroy: I like NAS."I appreciate what you guys say, I just disagree."
More like this
We had hopes that the mad creationist dentist, Don McLeroy, would be booted from the Texas Board of Education. No such luck: I just received this call to action in the mail.
It would appear that the Coalition of the Sane is beginning to reassert itself--if only by a one percent margin (italics mine):
There is hope in Texas. Deranged creationist dentist Don McLeroy is getting grilled in confirmation hearings.
Terri Leo just offered an amendment to add a standard to Biology 9:
D) analyze and evaluate the evidence regarding formation of simple organic molecules and their organization into long complex molecules having information such as the DNA molecule for self-replicating life.
Post your testimony here, Josh. I'm not listening to the feed.
It sounds impressive, from what I read on the TFN blog.