Attention, Iowa Readers

Tara Smith, a fellow Panda's Thumb contributor who teaches at the University of Iowa, is forming a new Iowa Citizens for Science group, akin to my MIchigan organization. If I have any readers from Iowa, I strongly encourage you to get involved with them and help them battle the anti-evolution forces. For more information, email Tara.

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