Month: June 2011
Debate over Theistic Evolution Heats Up, as Does Interest in the God & Evolution Anthology
Steven Novella on Michelle Bachmann and Teaching Evolution
By painting a false picture of monolithic evolutionary biologists on one hand, and snake-handling young earth creationists on the other, Novella and his ilk build a straw-man to advance their obvious goal.
Discrimination and the Parallels Between Frank Turek and David Coppedge
Thought crimes have filtered down from academia into the workplace. Regardless of what you think of Dr. Turek’s views, that he should be fired merely for having them is alarming.
Vestigial Arguments About Vestigial Organs Appear in Proposed Texas Teaching Materials
Textbook publishers have resuscitated long-debunked claims that the coccyx, appendix, tonsils, and many other functional organs are “vestigial” — and they propose teaching these myths in the classroom.
Ross Douthat Knows Jack (Kevorkian)
Kevorkian was the hero of the recent hagiographic film You Don’t Know Jack, starring Al Pacino as the thanatologist license-revoked doctor.