In science education, the year 2005, 100 years after Einstein's "Annus Mirabilis," had its own miracles, and that was the decision rendered by the Federal Judge, John Jones in the case brought to his court by parents in the Dover, PA school district challenging the...
As I indicated in the previous post on this Blog, Judge John Jones, a federal judge (a Republican, and appointed by George W. Bush, in his first term, not only rejected the teaching of intelligent design in science classes, but rebuked the Dover, PA school board, and...
In what might become a landmark case in the cultural wars in science education, Judge John Jones ruled that teaching "intelligent design" would violate the Constitutional separation of church and state. In this Blog, I have written about this case, and other's that...
"Evolution" stickers are back in court, and I am back online. I had been on trip to England. And there in England, on every £10 (pound) note was a picture of Charles Darwin (replacing the other Charles, Charles Dickens). All I could think of was what would happen...
Charles Krauthammer, in his piece in the Washington Post, Phoney Theory, False Conflict points out how intelligent design foolishly pits evolution against faith. As I have discussed here, intelligent design---by its own nature---is not science. Science involves asking...
Charles Krauthammer, in his piece in the Washington Post, Phoney Theory, False Conflict points out how intelligent design foolishly pits evolution against faith. As I have discussed here, intelligent design---by its own nature---is not science. Science involves asking...
