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Evolution Back on Federal Funding List

September 1, 2006

Boy, that was a close call. Evolution research almost got dropped from federal funding. Turns out it was an accidental oversight. Science Daily reported that the oversight “sparked heated protests from academics and evolution supporters” who “expressed fears that the omission might have been part of an attack on Darwinian evolution by religious groups.” […]

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Darwinists Whack I.D. with Reckless Abandon

August 21, 2006

For professionals assumed to be logical, factual, and devoted to reason, scientists and journalists can get pretty emotional, depending on the subject. One such subject that really rankles some of them is intelligent design. Here are some recent salvos from the war of the words: Hotz shots: From the LA Times, Robert Lee Hotz wrote, […]

Bible and Theology

National Crisis: USA Ranks Nearly Last in Evolution Belief!

August 11, 2006

Eugenie Scott and colleagues at the National Center for Science Education presented findings of a survey on acceptance of evolution, and found that the USA trails far behind European countries – second from last only to Turkey. In 20 years, acceptance of evolution dropped from 45 to 40 percent, but firm rejection of evolution also […]

Darwin and Evolution

Kansas Evolution Battle Heats Up Again

August 1, 2006

Update 08/02/2006: According to a news report on Live Science, conservatives have lost their majority in the primary election for seats on the state school board. Details are reported by the Lawrence Journal-World. The winners are gloating that this is a great day for Kansas, said Science Now, but ended by noting that the issue […]

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Education & Political News

July 22, 2006

What’s been happening in school boards about evolution and intelligent design? Here are some recent stories about politicians, reporters and ordinary citizens: Kansas Grass Roots: Candidates vying for school board seats in Liberal, Kansas squared off over the evolution issue: see Hutchinson News. Ohio Rematch: Despite an earlier loss, Darwin critics in Ohio are hoping […]

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Darwinists Foment Civil Disobedience Against Questioning Darwinism

July 8, 2006

The new science standards in Kansas require students to learn more about evolution, including evidence for and against it (see Discovery Institute press release). The standards specifically exclude the teaching of intelligent design theory. To some activist groups, however, this requirement is so intolerable, they want teachers to disobey it. According to Evolution News, there […]

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Doubters Defy Darwin Dogma

June 29, 2006

One would think that the near unanimous opinion of international scientific societies opposing creationism and ID would carry a lot of weight with the public, but it doesn’t. There are indications that a substantial percent of the population is not impressed with the dogmatic pronouncements that evolution is a fact, and that anyone who disagrees […]

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The World Against I.D.

June 21, 2006

The Inter-Academy Panel (IAP) on International Issues, a global network of scientific academies, has issued a statement endorsing cosmic and biological evolution. It urges “decision makers, teachers, and parents to educate all children about the methods and discoveries of science and to foster an understanding of the science of nature.” Though the statement does not […]

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A.P. Learning to Report Science Wars More Accurately

June 19, 2006

The Discovery Institute’s media-watchdog blog Evolution News watched Associated Press fumble at first, but then get it right to show that new science standards adopted by South Carolina do not mandate teaching intelligent design. The AP story printed in South Carolina’s Channel 10 News included a comment that certain officials “worried the change would open […]

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Book: Darwin Centurions Join Forces Against ID Visigoths

May 9, 2006

A new book attacking intelligent design has chapters by most of the big names in evolutionary thought: Daniel Dennett, Richard Dawkins, Jerry Coyne, and others. An introduction to the book Intelligent Thought: Science vs. the Intelligent Design Movement (ed. John Brockman, Vintage Press, May 2006), with a synopsis of each chapter, is available at The […]

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The Politics of Darwinism: Dictate, Slander, Block

April 21, 2006

In a state of panic over the rise of intelligent design and creationism, most scientific societies supporting Darwinism are doing what their opponents feel is doomed to fail: avoiding, at all costs, a fair and intellectual debate about the evidence. Instead, many pro-Darwin forces issue prepared statements, misrepresent their opponents, and use legal maneuvering to […]

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The Class Struggle: Students Challenge Teachers Over Evolution

April 5, 2006

Teaching uncooperative teenagers has always been challenging, but some of today’s biology teachers may feel nostalgic for the days when rowdy students whacked the bulletin boards with real spitballs instead of verbal ones. Now, dodging student challenges to evolution is getting downright exhausting. Students used to just accept what the teacher said about the subject […]

Education

War Stories: Darwinism vs. ID

April 3, 2006

How are things going in the Darwin Wars? The rhetoric is still flying, and there have been gains and losses on both sides. Here are assorted war stories from battle stations and strategic summits: Golden Rule at Hahvahd: The Harvard Gazette held a panel discussion on “How Do We Teach Evolution.” Richard Lewontin sees the […]

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New Book: Traipsing Into Evolution

March 23, 2006

The Discovery Institute has published a new book, Traipsing Into Evolution, analyzing the Dover decision. (Traipsing is defined as walking or traveling about without apparent plan but with or without a purpose.) An article on Evolution News introduces the contents, and describes the authors: “The book was written by David K. DeWolf, professor of law […]

Dumb Ideas

The Darwin Empire Strikes Back

March 14, 2006

It would seem the ID republic is imprisoned on its own ice-world of Hoth, scrambling to escape as the empire has mobilized its machinery against the rebels. The AAAS, for instance, held its “Evolution on the Front Line” event in St. Louis and has posted its weaponry on its Center for Public Engagement with Science […]

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