The trouble with Palin’s remarks on science teaching is NOT that she, as VP or even P, would somehow insert creationism into “science” curriculum: The problem is it shows a lack of understanding of science itself, which COULD be dangerous — even in a VP.
Monthly Archives: August 2008
Beware of (VIDEO !!!) posts on Palin & creationism
August 30, 2008 – 9:55 am
Warning on (VIDEO !!!) posts in WordPress.com “creationism” category.
[Clicke here for my (text only) post on the topic, with links to other sources.]
== Update: WordPress has removed most of these posts. I see one that’s still there now, and I’ve reported it. ==
There were warning signs, but I went ahead trying to see the video. [...]
VP candidate Palin supports teaching “creation science”
August 29, 2008 – 10:05 pm
Click here for post on wired.com.
Here’s what she said, as reported by the Anchorage Daily News:
Teach both. You know, don’t be afraid of information. Healthy debate is so important and it’s so valuable in our schools. I am a proponent of teaching both. And you know, I say this too as the daughter [...]
evolution — “I spent ages on that.”
August 26, 2008 – 8:48 pm
I don’t have any comment on this;
it’s just too good to not share.
Teaching evolutionary life science in Florida (NYTimes)
August 24, 2008 – 9:53 am
Amy Harom has a great piece in the August 23, 2008 New York Times on a Florida teacher engaged in teaching evolutionary life science to a high school class that includes religiously committed skeptical students. The article is unusual in looking at the issues as matters of curriculum, requiring knowledgeable responses by educators, and not [...]
ID debate: Meyer & Gilder versus Shermer & Bailey
August 21, 2008 – 6:52 pm
A debate that was held Saturday July 12 at FreedomFest 08 in Las Vegas will be aired on BookTV (CSpan-2) on Sunday August 24 from about 6:15 am to 7:30 am EDT. The program is described here at booktv.org. The page title says: “Debate on Intelligent Design with George Gilder, Stephen Meyer, Michael Shermer, and [...]
DI’s legal eagles & the “Academic Freedom” legislation
August 18, 2008 – 1:37 pm
Commenting on an earlier post, Ed Darrell writes:
It seems quite clear that whoever drafted the law has very little experience in drafting laws, and less experience in trying to carry out such laws.
From a press release by the Louisiana Coalition for Science, we learn that
DI senior fellow and legal advisor, Gonzaga University law professor David [...]
Louisiana anti-science law: 3 questions, 1 suggestion
August 17, 2008 – 10:48 pm
The Sensuous Curmudgeon has been providing yoeman service keeping us all posted on developments in Louisiana with the immanent implementation of Louisiana’s new “science education” law. From him we learn, for example, about the scheduled meeting Tuesday, August 19, of the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE).
I have a suggestion (below) for [...]
TX Ed Agency defense in evolution case
August 16, 2008 – 12:08 pm
The Texas Education Agency [TEA] has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought by Chris Comer, who lost her job as the TEA’s top science education specialist after forwarding an email announcement of a talk by Barbara Forrest. ‘a professor of philosophy at Southeastern Louisiana University, a co-author of “Inside Creationism’s Trojan Horse” and [...]
#1 Genesis expert offers help for Louisiana science education
August 15, 2008 – 11:40 am
Following passage of Louisiana’s “Science Education Act,” “the leading expert on the book of Genesis” has posted a letter that he has sent to Louisiana offering his help in preparing science teachers there.
First, as the letter-writer introduces himself:
Hello. My name is Herman Cummings. I am the leading expert on the book of Genesis. There is [...]
U.C. wins ACSI case
August 12, 2008 – 3:48 pm
In a decision dated August 8, 2008, a federal district court in California has thrown out a lawsuit brought by the Association of Christian Schools International against the University of California, in which the ACSI argued that the University’s refusal to approve some of the Christian schools’ courses violated First Amendment guarantees to freedom of [...]
