Thursday, January 31, 2013

New Web Site: Say No To Creationist Vouchers

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You knew that once the Loch Ness Monster story hit the airwaves, this was not far behind.  A new site has popped up, Say No To Creationist ...
Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Bobby Jindal, Stupidity and Creationism

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Joanna Weiss has a column in the Boston Globe about Bobby Jindal and his recent comments on the stupidity of the Republican Party (no disag...
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Live Science: Four New "Anti-Science" Bills

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Live Science has a post on the spate of “anti-science” bills that have been promoted recently.  Larry O'Hanlon writes: Anti-science b...
Monday, January 28, 2013

Donna D'Errico and The Quest For the Good Ship Noah

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I saw this story a bit back and didn't get a chance to post on it.    It seems that Baywatch star Donna D'Errico has shed her wild w...
Friday, January 25, 2013

Saxby Chambliss to Retire

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Saxby Chambliss has announced that he is going to retire from office.  At 69, he would be unusual to do so—there have been many congressmen...
Thursday, January 24, 2013

"Academic Freedom" Bill in Colorado

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Of all places, I did not expect this to occur in Colorado.  The NCSE has a piece on a new “academic freedom” bill that has been proposed. Th...
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CORE is Defunct

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Todd Wood has been ruminating about this on his blog for some time and now it looks like a reality: financial support for the Center for Ori...
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

An Evolution Resource For Teachers

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Len Eisenberg has launched a web site that seeks to help teachers and students who may be unfamiliar or intimidated by evolution.  The site ...
Monday, January 21, 2013

New BioLogos Post: The Rise of Archaic Homo sapiens

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My newest BioLogos post is up, called The Rise of Archaic Homo sapiens .  Comments are welcome.

They Are Popping Up Everywhere

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Hot on the heels of the Ark that has been built in Dordrecht, is the news that a Colorado group is intent on building a life-size ark. Aman...
Sunday, January 20, 2013

Coppedge Loses Discrimination Suit

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The judge has finally ruled in the David Coppedge wrongful termination suit and it did not go Coppedge's way.  Brian Charles of the Pasa...
Saturday, January 19, 2013

Meanwhile, Back in Texas...

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A report has just come out that indicates numerous failures to properly implement the state guidelines for the study of the Holy Bible in p...
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Friday, January 18, 2013

Trouble For the Creation Museum?

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I missed this story when it came out in November of last year but it appears that the Creation Museum has been having a bit of a problem pul...
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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Zack Kopplin on School Vouchers

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No sooner had I gotten the last post written when an email from Zack Kopplin appeared in my inbox (mailing list, not personal note) about hi...
Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Zack Kopplin Vs. the Creationists

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io9 has a story on Zack Kopplin and his continued war against the teaching of young earth, anti-evolution creationism in Louisiana.  George ...
Friday, January 04, 2013

Robichaux Gets High Praise on Policies

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Outgoing Orleans Parish School Board Chairman Thomas Robichaux is receiving lots of supporting email for his policy changes to keep out the ...
Thursday, January 03, 2013

AIBS State News on Teaching Evolution

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The American Institute for Biological Sciences has a web site that tracks "threats to the teaching of evolution in public school scien...
Wednesday, January 02, 2013

Higgs: Dawkins is a "Fundamentalist"

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The Mail Online has an interesting post on the differences in atheistic approaches to the science/religion debate invoked by Peter Higgs an...
Monday, December 31, 2012

Environment Highly Variable For Early Humans

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The Telegraph is reporting a story out of PNAS that suggest that the environment was highly variable during a critical point in our evoluti...
Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Update on the Indiana Bill

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The Lafayette Journal and Courier has run a story on the Indiana bill, in which the motivations of Dennis Kruse become clear.  From an unsig...