A wackdoodle effort by social conservatives to make Texas kids doubt evolutionary science has mercifully died. Credit is due to the State Board of Education's three Dallas-area members, who cast their votes in a 7-7 tie (and thus defeat) on...
Among their supporters, this probably makes rock stars of the social conservatives on the State Board of Education: Today The New York Times editorial page deemed them dangerous meddlers. It seemed that science and education had won the day after...
The State Board of Education is hearing a debate between evolutionists and creationists. And that, says the Texas Freedom Network, is already a win for the creationists -- creating the illusion that the two sides share equal scientific validity. Communications...
I got his point but couldn't have given you a precise definition for a word in the testimony of biochemistry professor Andrew Ellington. He was saying Texas could become a laughingstock if the Texas Board of Education continues to water...
This may be a bit of a non sequitur. But I'm intrigued by two bits of information from the big survey of religious beliefs in America. It's this: More people believe in abortion than evolution....
With the effort under way in Texas right now to undermine the teaching of evolution in the schools, let me highlight two statements in today's newspaper from leading U.S. scientists. Regarding the "controversies" over evolution that critics want taught in...
Apropos of my column last week on never-ending political fights over evolution, here's the quote from today's word-of-the-day e-mail: I believe I found the missing link between animal and civilized man. It is us. -- Konrad Lorenz, ethologist, Nobel laureate...
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