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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 […]

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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 […]

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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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Analysis: The Dover Decision

March 10, 2006

Dr. Kevin L. Anderson of the Creation Research Society wrote an analysis of Judge Jones’ decision in the Kitzmiller v. Dover School District case. Since this appeared in a members-only newsletter, Creation Matters, we sought and obtained permission to reproduce it: Click Here. A very different view was expressed by David Johns (School […]

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Anti-ID Media Resorts to Mockery, Misrepresentation

March 2, 2006

Evolution News, a blog of the Discovery Institute ID think tank, was launched in 2004 to try to correct misrepresentation in the media. It never seems to have a shortage of material (see their 3/2/2006 post). Even though the Discovery Institute maintains public documents on its website defining what intelligent design is and what it […]

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Darwinists Rattle Sabers Against I.D.

February 24, 2006

Has there ever been a controversy among scientists more acrimonious than the current one over intelligent design? It seems all the big science Goliaths are determined to eradicate intelligent design from the earth, yet the I.D. Davids are standing their ground. “History is written by the victors,” wrote Henry Gee in Nature this week (see […]

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Ohio School Board Votes Down Critical Analysis of Evolution

February 15, 2006

In more apparent fallout from the Dover case, the Ohio State Board of Education (OSBE) voted 11-4 to strike language from the high school science standards that stated simply, “Describe how scientists continue to investigate and critically analyze aspects of evolutionary theory.” The same standards specifically mentioned that intelligent design would not be taught. No […]

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Liberal Pastors Rally to Defend Darwin on “Evolution Sunday”

February 11, 2006

Imagine this scene at a local church in your community: Our text for this morning’s sermon is taken from Origin of Species, chapter 15: “There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet […]

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Darwinists Bemoan Creation/ID Obstinance, Strategize to Improve Darwin Image

February 10, 2006

The journal Science devoted three articles in eight days to the intelligent design controversy. Last week, Yudhijit Bhattacharjee used warfare metaphors in a report from Kansas:1 battle, attack, defenders juxtaposed with talk of tiptoeing gently around voters’ concerns about voting in “godless atheists” to the school board. He spoke of “moderates” like Harry McDonald and […]

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Schools Discipline Rowdy ID Proponents

February 9, 2006

It’s been awhile since we checked into American science classrooms and school board meetings. What’s going on with the movement for “teaching the controversy” about Darwinism? Midwest: Unexplained Panic Attacks: Casey Luskin of Discovery Institute has documented the spread of “False Fear Syndrome” from Kansas to South Carolina and Ohio to Wisconsin. Late word has […]

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Lawsuit Halts ID in Philosophy Class: Will it Backfire?

January 25, 2006

Exclusive Picture this: a small community high school nestled in the mountains far north of the big city of Los Angeles. A gentle, silver-haired schoolteacher who wouldn’t hurt a fly, who coaches soccer, loves teenagers and takes her time-consuming and non-lucrative job, which she has done for many years, seriously, and is well liked by […]

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Darwin Wars Continue Unabated

January 6, 2006

The Dover decision did not end the fervent discussion about Darwinism and intelligent design. There are too many articles to mention separately, so here is a sampler: Dover Board Rescinds Policy: As expected, the new Dover school board quickly put an end to the policy that required reading a statement that alternatives to evolutionary theory […]

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A Foxhole Anthology: News from the CrEv Trenches

December 30, 2005

If Judge Jones or the NCSE thought for a minute that the Dover ruling would bring an end to the ID wars, the news media should clear up any miscalculations. Here is a clearinghouse of recent headlines: Peruse Pyrrhus: “Pyrrhic victory” is a phrase used by John West, Pat Buchanan on Real Clear Politics and […]

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Dover Fallout Is Radio Active

December 23, 2005

Reaction in the media from Judge Jones’ stinging decision against intelligent design (ID) in the Pennsylvania case Kitzmiller vs Dover Area School District has been rapid and varied. Evolutionists are overjoyed at this Christmas present the judge delivered, a dirty bomb they hope will put ID out of business, but the other side claims the […]

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