My friend Barbara Forrest, co-author with Paul Gross of the wonderful book Creationism's Trojan Horse, has finally hit the big time. Yes, she's been quoted in the New York Times and other major media outlets before. But once you've been seen on the pages of Al Jazeera, there's nowhere to go but down.
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