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President Bush Votes Yes on ID

August 2, 2005

Asked whether ID was a valid alternative to evolution, President Bush told reporters August 1, “Both sides ought to be properly taught … so people can understand what the debate is about…. Part of education is to expose people to different schools of thought. You’re asking me whether or not people ought to be exposed […]

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Scopes 80th Anniversary Leads to Reanalysis

July 19, 2005

Alex Johnson, reporter for MSNBC News, has written a piece trying to set the record straight about the Scopes Trial of 1925. Often portrayed as a battle of science vs religion and a group of hillbilly hicks against enlightened intellectuals (the “Inherit the Wind” stereotype), the historical trial was much different, he demonstrates. William Jennings […]

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School Evolution Bills Listed

July 18, 2005

In response to claims in the media that many states are passing bills to mandate the teaching of intelligent design along with evolution, Seth Cooper on the Evolution News blog has listed 10 states where evolution bills are being debated and three more where discussions are taking place in the legislature. Contrary to media reports, […]

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AAAS President Rails Against ID

July 11, 2005

Alan Leshner, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and executive publisher of Science, wrote an editorial asking “Why are scientists so upset about the growing movement to bring ‘intelligent design’ (ID) into science classrooms and public education venues such as science museums, zoos, and theme parks?” He took the occasion of […]

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Battle for Creation Makes Cover of New Scientist Magazine

July 10, 2005

Another indication of the notice the scientific community is giving to creation and intelligent design can be seen on the cover of New Scientist, in a report entitled, “Creationism special: A battle for science’s soul.” With battle-laden lingo, Debora McKenzie surveys creationism and intelligent-design skirmishes not only among American school boards, but in Holland, Turkey, […]

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Battlefront Dispatches

June 22, 2005

Activities in the Darwin-vs-Design controversy continue generating national news: War of the museums: The Sternberg Museum in Kansas is trying to reinforce arguments for evolution, according to Voice of America news. Proud of his T. rex display, curator Greg Liggett claims that “if the school curriculum changes to include theories such as Intelligent Design, critical […]

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Reports Differ on Kansas Evolution Debates

June 16, 2005

How is the debate over evolution in Kansas going? It depends on whom you ask. MSNBC News focused on personal attacks between board members (see also the Lexington Herald-Leader). The Discovery Institute, by contrast, focused on the content of the new proposed standards that allows a “common-sense” approach for teaching all the science about evolution, […]

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Virginia Teacher Chastened for Making Optional Creation Material Available

June 14, 2005

A highly-respected and well-liked high school biology teacher in Bristol, Virginia almost lost his job recently. His crime? Making an optional notebook of supplementary material called “Creation Battles Evolution” available to his students. The notebook, printed at his own expense, included evidence for creation and against evolution, from “sources ranging from the Internet to scholarly […]

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NAS Enters the Evolution Web Wars

June 13, 2005

MSNBC News reports that “Scientists take evolution fight online: National Academies sets up Web site to defend theory.” (See also Wired News.) The Evolution Resources website of the National Academy of Sciences, nationalacademies.org/evolution, contains online books and articles, but the most recent entry is an address by outgoing NAS president Bruce Alberts (see 03/24/2005 entry) […]

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Who Wins and Loses in the Darwin Wars?

June 3, 2005

Sandra Lilley, writing in MSNBC News, pictures sad-faced students, whose scientific inquisitiveness has been stifled by the controversy over evolution. The article starts with a touching photo of a young girl, a look of wonder in her eyes, examining a toy human skeleton. “Science is becoming a political ‘hot potato’ for some students,” she describes, […]

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Kansas Debate Over ID Reverberates in Holland

June 3, 2005

“Is Holland becoming the Kansas of Europe?” asked Martin Enserink in Science this week.1 All that education minister Maria van der Hoeven wants to do is have some public debate about intelligent design, but the suggestion has caused an uproar among scientists who claim she wants to take Holland back to the Dark Ages. On […]

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Can the Courts Define Science?

May 27, 2005

Last December, the ACLU and Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania against the Dover Area School District that was considering adding intelligent design material to the curriculum. The lawsuit attempts to define intelligent design as “inherently religious” and therefore unacceptable in science classrooms. The move appears aimed at […]

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Battlefield Dispatches

May 24, 2005

Reports from the evolution wars continue to come in. Here are more recent stories about the conflicts over the teaching of evolution and intelligent design: The race card: Fiona Morgan on Salon.com trashes those who try to link Darwin to racism. The cartoon shows Darwin with a dunce cap sitting in the corner, but Morgan […]

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Intelligent Design and the Nature of Science

May 18, 2005

John Hanna’s Associated Press article, “Kansas debate focuses on defining science,” has fingered a basic issue: what is science? The Darwinists argue that ID by its very nature cannot be scientific. Rob Crowther on Evolution News counters that Kansas is the only state that does not have a traditional definition of science, such as Science […]

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Heat and Light Emitted in Collisions of Darwin vs ID

May 13, 2005

Rhetoric over evolution is increasing in the media largely because of the school board debates in Kansas (see 04/29/2005 entry and previous Education links). The largely pro-Darwin press seems to be giving a little more coverage to the ID side; the anti-Darwin alternative media are getting more bold about asserting their views. MSNBC News says […]

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