Reporting From the Front Lines of the Texas Evolution Debate
Just hours before the Texas State Board of Education held its final hearings on the science education standards that would be put in place for the next decade, I set my kitchen timer for three minutes. I practiced my testimony among open jars of peanut butter and jelly strewn about from making kids' lunches. Ding. I still had my conclusion to read. What could I cut?
For months I had been slinking around the controversy in Texas. I had gone to ...
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Infuriating. The religious accusing the scientific of thwarting creative inquiry. This in the 21st Century.