Dover Watch - Belated Huzzah (Also Mel Gibson is a Moron)
2006.01.04 (Wed) 22:39
So, the good guys won in Dover! Yes, we know that the case was decided weeks ago, but between all of us around here celebrating the holidays, traveling, painting, and, in some cases, being sick, we ha [»]
Visiting With History: AMNH's "Darwin" Exhibit
2005.11.27 (Sun) 23:53
This one goes out to all the folks in the New York area, or anyone who will be visiting within the next six months. As reported over on This one goes out to all the folks in the New York area, or anyone who will be visiting within the next six months. As reported over on [»]
Disney Gets to Be the Good Guy!
2005.11.10 (Thu) 18:33
PZ has a quite intelligent post up analogizing the NAS and NSTA's refusal to grant copyright permissions to the Kansas State Board of Education, since said board is trying to Mix 'n' Match™ actu [»]
Win One, Lose One
2005.11.09 (Wed) 23:15
As we learned this morning (initially via Pharyngula), the recent school board elections in Dover, PA yielded a win for science. From the New York Times: All eight members up for re-election to the Pe [»]
Dover Watch - Buckingham Caught in Lie
2005.10.28 (Fri) 21:12
You know, we would have loved to say "we told you so" when we read the news that William Buckingham, the apparent senior moron for the Dover School Board, had to contradict his own sworn deposition fr [»]
Three Cheers for Intelligent Christianity
2005.10.02 (Sun) 00:27
Found over at Tild~ (via Pharyngula), Episcopalian Bishop John Shelby Spong apparently had this to say on the subject of Intelligent Design: Intelligent Design is just one more smoke screen. The task [»]
Schmevolution, Schmschmevolution
2005.09.29 (Thu) 23:15
So The Daily Show had their "Evolution? Schmevolution!" week (yeah, we know it was two weeks ago already), and we watched dutifully, expecting some great takedowns of the sheer dumbosity of creationis [»]
Catching Up: On Katrina, William, John, John and Jon
2005.09.14 (Wed) 21:35
...and we're back. Most of the general craziness we've been dealing with lately has begun to subside, and we should be back to Ranting (as opposed to just barely keeping up with comments on our existi [»]
Harvard: Tired of Creationist Bullshit
2005.08.16 (Tue) 15:58
Just a brief mention about an AP article we stumbled across: Harvard University is joining the long-running debate over the theory of evolution by launching a research project to study how life began. [»]
The Truth is Out There...Way, Way Out There
2005.07.09 (Sat) 20:58
Over at The New Republic, Ben Adler has an...interesting little piece up (we read it on Digby's blog, following a link from Majikthise). Adler asks of various prominent folks a few simple questions re [»]
How Many Licks Does it Take to Get to the Center of a Creationist?
2005.05.19 (Thu) 22:32
Over on AlterNet, Stan Cox has an article which gives a play by play (found via Panda's Thumb) of the current Kansas Board of Education hearings, which will determine if "intelligent design" (creation [»]
Sweet Jesus, Creationism is Spreading to the Blue States!
2005.05.11 (Wed) 23:19
Just when you think creationists are safely tucked away in the backwoods hick towns of the country, along comes New York State Assemblyman Daniel Hooker (R — there's a surprise). Mr. Hooker has [»]
Stay on Cobb County Sticker Removal Denied
2005.05.05 (Thu) 12:02
Good news from the Panda's Thumb regarding the Cobb County evolution disclaimer appeal — the appeals court has denied the board's requested stay on removing the stickers pending the outcome of t [»]
Kansas Creationists Put Themselves on Trial
2005.05.03 (Tue) 20:55
Kansas, as you probably know, is one of the battleground states in which the creationists are trying to force their pseudo-science into the public classroom. The Panda's Thumb has been covering events [»]
Unintelligently Designed Journalism
2005.04.07 (Thu) 16:32
Jay Mathews, apparently an education columnist (if you can believe that) for the Washington Post, was bored and frustrated in his high school biology class — and apparently, he believes this is [»]
Kids Riding the Slippery Slope of Creationism
2005.03.31 (Thu) 00:15
On March 28, PBS's NewsHour ran a segment on the creation conflict taking place in public schools all across the United States. As usual, it was the old "give each side equal time" approach which is s [»]
Dover Watch - When Intelligence Attacks!
2005.03.29 (Tue) 20:21
This whole Dover evolution vs. creation thing has had that "we don't know whether to laugh or cry" vibe going since its inception. Most of the time, we think it's "cry," but in this case...no, it's st [»]
Arkansas on ID Stickers: "We had our fingers crossed!"
2005.02.19 (Sat) 14:14
In a move strikingly similar to the well known playground tactic of crossing their fingers, the Beebe, Arkansas school board recently announced that their recent announcement concerning the removal of [»]
Arkansas Removes Anti-Evolution Stickers
2005.02.11 (Fri) 00:47
As reported by the ACLU, and initially found in TheCabin.net, it sounds like creationism suffered a loss in Arkansas yesterday: LITTLE ROCK, AR--Following action by the American Civil Liberties Union [»]
New Year, Same Old Creationists
2005.02.02 (Wed) 19:16
It seems to us that becoming an expert in "Creation Science" isn't all that difficult. The curriculum goes something like this: Step 1:Read Genesis, with enough suspension of disbelief to ignore the a [»]
Clear Evidence for Evolution, or Reason to Ban Calvin & Hobbes?
2005.01.29 (Sat) 11:42
We always knew that Calvin (of Calvin & Hobbes fame) was highly intelligent, but we didn't remember him taking a firm stand in the Evolution vs. Creationism debate. Apparently, he did, on January 29, [»]
Dover Watch - The Shot Ignored 'Round the World
2005.01.18 (Tue) 22:16
So strange that, with the Dover school district "Intelligent Design" statement being read today, the news on the Internet is, well...quiet. Perhaps this is because after all this build-up, the actual [»]
Dover Watch - The Eleventh Hour (Plus Cobb County Appeal!)
2005.01.18 (Tue) 01:25
As the reading of the Dover intelligent design statement draws near, the blogosphere seems to be holding its breath. The York Daily Record, with no other shoe to drop just yet, reported on some of the [»]
Dover Watch - ID Statement Delayed (Plus Cobb County Update!)
2005.01.13 (Thu) 23:45
As reported in the York Daily Record, the Dover, PA evolution disclaimer — a statement to be read to students explaining that evolution is "just a theory," and implying that Intelligent Design i [»]
Dover Watch - Memory Loss and Kudos to Teachers
2005.01.08 (Sat) 21:22
As we stated in an update to our last Dover Rant, all but one of the science teachers in the Dover school district signed a letter to the superintendant refusing to read the Intelligent Design disclai [»]
Dover Watch - ID Statement Will Be Read Next Week
2005.01.07 (Fri) 11:27
We saw an article this morning posted on the evangelical christian site WorldNetDaily with the title "ACLU backs off challenge to intelligent design." Disturbed, we read the article, and the press rel [»]
Dover Watch - The Cheese Stands Alone (Mostly)
2004.12.21 (Tue) 13:50
As reported from several sources, the Discovery Institute last week distanced itself from the Dover school board and their "intelligent design" curriculum. Per the Discovery Institute's press release [»]
Dover Watch - Lawsuit Filed
2004.12.14 (Tue) 21:27
As expected, the ACLU and Americans United for Separation of Church and State have filed a lawsuit on behalf of eleven parents of Dover, PA school children as a result of the Dover mandate to teach so [»]
Put Those Stickers Where They Belong
2004.11.23 (Tue) 20:16
PZ Myers posted a short piece on this article concerning the creationist assholes' recent "win" in Pennsylvania, where they have managed to convince the school board to include a "mention" of intellig [»]
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