Jack Hassard

Galileo’s Mistake

Posted by Jack Hassard | Nov 2, 2005 | Politics, Religion

Galileo’s Mistake. That title of a book caught my attention. I have always been interested in Galileo’s life and the contributions that he made to science, thus, the title was intriguing. Written by Wade Rowland,...

Galileo's Mistake

Posted by Jack Hassard | Nov 2, 2005 | Politics, Religion

Kansas Science Standards Under Scrutiny

Posted by Jack Hassard | Oct 29, 2005 | Curriculum, Religion

The Kansas Board of Education is publishing its new Science Standards, but two leading science organizations, The National Academy of Sciences and the National Science Teachers Association have denied the Board use of any of its...

The Natural Selector and The Intelligent Designer: A Continuing Debate

Posted by Jack Hassard | Oct 27, 2005 | Geology, Politics, Religion

A great dialog is going on right now in the midst of the Dover, PA school district’s defense of insisting that teachers read a statement in biology classes that upgrades Intelligent Design to the level of Darwin’s...

Weekend Reading on the Evolution/Creationism/Intelligent Design Issue!

Posted by Jack Hassard | Oct 22, 2005 | Biology, Religion

This blog has devoted considerable space to the cultural war that is raging primarily in school districts across the country. The issue is whether creation science, presently disquised as “intelligent design” should...