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Getting Ready for the Nye-Ham Debate
Tonight at 4 p.m. for us in Oakland, 7 p.m. in Cincinnati, I plan to tune in and watch the debate between Ken Ham the Answers in Genesis frontman and Bill Nye the Science Guy. They’re debating in the auditorium at the AiG-run Creation “Museum,” in front of an audience of 900 people so rabidly…
No Dominion for Creationism, Part 2
In part 1, I began with Virginia’s House Bill 207. The first antievolution bill in the country for 2014, it also seems to be the first antievolution bill in the Old Dominion ever. There are reports, in books by George E. Webb, Norman Furniss, and Howard K. Beale, ultimately relying on documents…
Glenn Beck and Historical Honesty: Like Oil and Water?
I confess: I don't often tell my liberal Berkeley friends that I have listened to Glenn Beck. Recently while eavesdropping on one of his videos, I found myself wondering which was more astonishing: Beck’s arrogance or his breathtaking historical ignorance. I decided it didn’t really matter,…
Answer Monday!
Last week on Fossil Friday, I gave you a giant jaw to contemplate. Many of the scientists in our office thought for sure it was of reptile origin, but in fact it came from an Eocene mammal! What kind of mammal could have such a ghastly jaw line? It was from the genus …
The "Other" NCSE
While the National Center for Science Education can lay original claim to the NCSE moniker, having been around over three decades now, there is another stellar organization that we are often confused with: the DC-based National Council for Science and the Environment. Over the years I've had…
"Intelligent design" bill deemed "odd"
South Dakota's Senate Bill 112 was deemed the "odd bill of the week" by the Rapid City Journal (February 2, 2014). As NCSE previously reported, the bill would, if enacted, require that "[n]o school board or school administrator may prohibit a teacher in public or nonpublic…
Fossil Friday!
This week's Fossil Friday was a bit of a shocker to me. Looking at the enormous jaw and terrifying teeth, I thought for sure this was some sort of gnarly reptile that would tear you limb from limb, given half a chance. But no! Upon further investigation, this is the jaw of a mammal…
Climate Change We Can Believe In?
If you watched the State of the Union address the other night, you may have cheered along with environmentalists and scientists when President Obama proclaimed that climate change is an undeniable fact. I wasn't cheering though—I was indignant. Climate change is real? Thanks, Mr. President. …
The Two Woodrows, Part 2
In part 1 of “The Two Woodrows,” I began with Woodrow Wilson’s comment, “of course, like every other man of intelligence and education, I do believe in organic evolution. It surprises me that at this late date such questions should be raised.” Wilson wasn’t himself particularly interested in…

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