Is Texas about to become the next state to undermine the teaching of evolution? That is the scary implication of the abrupt ousting of Christine Comer, the state's top expert on science education. Her transgression: forwarding an e-mail message about a talk by a distinguished professor who debunks "intelligent design" and creationism as legitimate alternatives to evolution in the science curriculum. Full Story »
Posted by Julian Friedland
This is important journalism. We need to keep the spotlight on the biases against science in this country....to avoid a takeover by "pseudo-science" forces willing to bend facts to fit a particular point of view. We will be taking a giant step backwards as a culture if we continue to allow science to be used as a tool to satisfy people who want to close their minds and those of our children to information that disrupts their desire to maintain a particular world view - against all evidence.
