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Sarah Palin Is Flat: Change Without Evolution

Bill Allen | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Flat-Earthers, Turkey, Going Rogue, Intelligent Design, Evolution, Creationism, Muslim Fundamentalism, Books, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Bill Allen

The concepts of creationism and "intelligent design" deserve no more credibility than that given to those who continue to "believe" in a flat earth.

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The Inevitable Fluke That Is Sarah Palin

William Bradley | Posted 11.19.2009 | Media

Read More: John McCain, Oprah Winfrey, Ronald Reagan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steve Schmidt, Republican Party, Sarah Palin, Neo-Confederate, Barack Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Mitt Romney, Hugh Hewitt, Charlie Crist, Mike Huckabee, Sean Hannity, Birther, Tim Pawlenty, Joe Lieberman, Manchurian Candidate, Hillary Clinton, Far Right, Tea Party, Creationism, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Chairman Mao, Katie Couric, Media News
William Bradley

Five minutes into yesterday's Oprah extravaganza with Sarah Palin, I messaged Steve Schmidt, John McCain's presidential campaign manager: "So how did you know Bristol was pregnant before it was announced?"

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Creationism And Intelligent Design Gain Foothold In Turkey

Washington Post | Marc Kaufman | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

Read More: Harun Yahya, Islam, Noah's Ark, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Atheism, Turkey, School Boards, Secularism, Science, Anti-Evolution, Institute for Creation Research, Discovery Institute, Charles Darwin, Religion, Intelligent Design, Creationism, Darwin, God, Humanism, Egypt, Saudi Arabie, Evolution, Colleges, Muslim, Ankara, Universities, Christianity, World News

With direct and indirect help from American foes of evolution, similarly-minded Turks have aggressively made the case that Charles Darwin's theory is ...

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Defending Darwin's Legacy

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 09.30.2009 | Technology

Read More: On the Origin of Species, Evolution, Darwin, Creationists, Kirk Cameron, Creationism, Origin of Species 150th, Origin of Species, Darwin's Legacy, Technology News
Jeff Schweitzer

Just as the majority of people no longer accept the idea of a flat earth, the time has come to credit Darwin's discovery by finally rejecting the notion that faith is equivalent to data.

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Are Evolution-Deniers any Different from Holocaust-Deniers, Birthers, or Truthers?

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Birthers, Holocaust, Science, Expelled, Religion, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Origin of Species, Creationism, Holocaust Deniers, Kirk Cameron, Charles Darwin, Sarah Palin, Fox News, Evolution, Glenn Beck, Ben Stein, Ray Comfort, Richard Dawkins, 9/11 Truthers, Politics News
Ali A. Rizvi

Would Ben Stein hear out Ahmadinejad on the Holocaust the way Glenn Beck heard Stein out on his anti-evolution film? Fair and balanced, anyone?

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Kirk Cameron's 'Origin Of Species' Plan: Ex-Actor To Distribute 50,000 Altered Darwin Books

Nico Pitney | Posted 09.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: When Is Darwin Day 2009, Origin of Species, Darwin Day, Kirk Cameron Origin of Species, Darwin Day November 2009, Kirk Cameron Darwin, What Day Is Darwin Day, Darwin Day 2009, Charles Darwin, Video, November 22 2009, Darwin, Creationism, Kirk Cameron, When Is Darwin Day?, Adolf Hitler, When Is Darwin Day, Zomgitscriss, Origin of Species Darwin Day, Kurt Cameron, Evolution, Entertainment News

Kirk Cameron, best known for his role in the 1980s sitcom Growing Pains, now spends much of his time advocating for far-right Christian evangelical ca...

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Con Games: The Birth, err, of Death Panels

Michael Conniff | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Birthers, Intelligent Design, Creationism, Climate-Change-Deniers, Birther-Movement, Sarah Palin, Evolution, John McCain, Green News
Michael Conniff

For too long politicians of every persuasion have hewed far too closely to inconvenient and ultimately unfungible truths.

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Culture War Flares Up Over American History Curriculum In Texas Classrooms

The Wall Street Journal | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Texas, Culture Wars, Education, Bible, Creationism, American History, CéSar CháVez, Curriculum u.s. History, Christianity, Texas Board of Education, Evolution, Constitution, Thurgood Marshall, Church State Separation, Politics News

The fight over school curriculum in Texas, recently focused on biology, has entered a new arena, with a brewing debate over how much faith belongs in ...

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Green News Report - July 9, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 08.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, T. Boone Pickens, G8 Summit, President Obama, Mt. Rushmore, Arizona, Fda, Green News Report, Greenpeace, Monsanto, Arctic, Bald Eagles, Creationism, Indoor Air Quality, Green News, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Obama on Mt. Rushmore; Monsanto lobbyist moves to FDA; Bald eagles move to D.C....

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Honey, The View Shrank My Brain

Stefan Sirucek | Posted 06.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Creationism, Sherri Shepherd, Darwin, Barbara Walters, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Charles Darwin, The View, Evolution, Media News, Media, Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Media News
Stefan Sirucek

To hear Sherri and Elisabeth quack on and on about "Darwinism", you'd think it was just the latest fad -- like skinny jeans or the Atkins diet -- something to be amused by but skeptical of.

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Lessons from Darwin - We're Still Evolving

Mike Papantonio | Posted 05.02.2009 | Green

Read More: School, Gop, Origin of Species, Air America Radio, Creationism, Mike Papantonio, Charles Darwin, Pap Attack, Science, Galapagos, Ring of Fire, Evolution, Kansas, Green News
Mike Papantonio

Birds, sea lions, and iguanas take from their surroundings only what they need to live. On the other hand, the more evolved human is locus-like in the way they interact with their community.

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Armageddon Friday

Bill Allen | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Ayatollah, Textbooks, Intelligent Design, Education, Creationism, Science, Texas Board of Education, Religious Right, Texas, Schools, Science Education, Darwin, Evolution, Taxes, Intelligent-Design, Texas Schools Creationism, Intelligent Design in Textbooks, Religion in Schools, Intelligent Design in Schools, Politics News
Bill Allen

The religious right in Texas -- in a move that any ayatollah in Iran would be proud to claim -- is dangerously close to substituting religious dogma for science.

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Not in Kansas

David Horton | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Evolution, Creationism, Richard Dawkins, Darwin, Oklahoma, Greg Lukianoff, Politics News
David Horton

Why can't I be banned in Oklahoma? Look, I know I haven't actually been invited to give a talk there, but that's not the point. I've tried to get ban...

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The Evolution of Texas

Mary Mapes | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Texas, Texas Evolution, Evolution, Evolution in Schools, Creationism, School Curiculum, Politics News
Mary Mapes

I almost feel sorry for people trying to keep up with politics in the rest of the country these days. Life in Texas is so much easier. Down here, we're still fightin' over the stupid stuff -- like evolution.

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Washington Post Validates Played-Out Sophistry

Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jerry Falwell, Palin Creationism, Darwinism, Smithsonian, Smithsonian Natural History Museum, Evolution Creationism, Barack Obama, The Washington Post, Creationism, Darwin, Falwell Liberty University, Charles Darwin, David DeWitt, Evolution, Washington Post, Liberty University, Religion, Education, Religion and Politics, Higher Education, Education Reform, Politics News
Stuart Whatley

The Washington Post chose to run a suspiciously laudatory front-page story today on creationist field trips to the Smithsonian Natural History Museum.

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Creationist Students Tour Smithsonian

Washington Post | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

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Every winter, David DeWitt takes his biology class to the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, but for a purpose far different from that ...

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Evolution, Global Warming, Doomsday and the Afterlife

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 03.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Economic Collapse, Creationism, Peak Oil, Doomsday, Evolution, God, Global Warming, Afterlife, Environment, Green News
Patrick Takahashi

The majority of Americans believe in both creationism and an afterlife, the potential of some sort of religious doom, and think they are not causing global warming,

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A Song for Darwin Day: "Creation Science 101" (VIDEO)

Roy Zimmerman | Posted 03.15.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Evolution, Creationism, Darwin Day, Music Blogs, Satire, Satirical Songs, Comedy News
Roy Zimmerman

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Promoting the Pornography of Creationism

Bill Allen | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Theory of Evolution, Intelligent Design, Education, Anti-Intellectualism, Textbook Adoption, Life on Earth, Biology, Texas, Steven Weinberg, Darwin, California, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Textbook Publishers, Textbooks, Creationism, Students, Institute for Creation Research, Online Education, Creation Science, Texas State Board of Education, Anti-Science, Evolution, Politics News
Bill Allen

I proposed in jest the idea of an online degree in "creationism." I never imagined that anyone could seriously put forward such an outlandish idea. Boy, was I ever wrong.

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Ending the Pornography of Creationism: Part Deux

Bill Allen | Posted 03.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Graduate School, Education, Intellignet Design, University Degree, Creation Science Museum, Creation Science, Creationism, College Students, College, Teachers, Teaching, Learning, Business News
Bill Allen

The "Creation Science Museum" attracted over 500,00 visitors in a bit more than a year. Talk about pent-up demand and a golden opportunity staring me right in the face!

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Long Live Science! Now Let's Be Careful!

Lennard Davis | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Dna, Science, Genetics, Obama, Creationism, Race, Stem-Cell Research, Dna Testing, Living News
Lennard Davis

The Right was wrong in banning stem-cell research, but the Left shouldn't over-correct by insisting that science be free to do anything it likes without the input of informed citizens.

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Ending the Pornography of Creation

Bill Allen | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Life on Earth, Biology, President Obama, Theory of Evolution, Obama, Myths, Barack Obama, Scientific Theory, Mysticism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Education, Creationism, Stevie Wonder, Anti-Intellectualism, Anti-Science, President Bush, Evolution, Politics News
Bill Allen

Now is the time to confront one of the major myths perpetuated by the previous anti-intellectual, anti-science regime. Now is the time to keep science in science class and keep religion out.

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Crown Prince of Neverland

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Darwinism, Creationism, Blogging, George W. Bush, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

The man who insists his raison d'etre, since 9/11, has been to keep this country safe neglects to mention that, more than seven years later, he still hasn't finished processing it.

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The Extremism of Bobby Jindal

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 02.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Stem Cell Research, Abortion, Intelligent Design, Creationism, Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, Jindal, Evolution, Republican Party, Bobby Jindal Governor, Social Conservatives, Religious Right, Creation Musem in Kentucky, Public School System, Living News
Jeff Schweitzer

In spite of evolution's unprecedented success in explaining the living world, creationism has crept into the mainstream of American thought and into public school curricula in several states.

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Some Sinful Links at Rick Warren's Updated Website

Lisa Derrick | Posted 01.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Evolution, Gay Rights, Creationism, Saddleback, Rick Warren Saddleback Church, Rick Warren, Barack Obama Rick Warren, Rick Warren Invocation, Obama Inauguration, Rick Warren Obama Invocation, Invocation, Barack Obama, Obama Invocation, Politics News
Lisa Derrick

While Saddleback Church removed several entries from its website, a not-so-gay-friendly manifesto is back up. This wasn't a removal of homophobia, but revisionism for PR purposes.

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