admin on Jan 2nd, 2009Dr. Jay Labov, “Science, Evolution, and Creationism: The Critical Need for Science as a Liberal Art in the 21st Century,” Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, Wed., January 7, 2009
Dr. Jay Labov of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council will deliver a public lecture at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge on Wednesday, January 7, at noon, in A101 Life Sciences Building. His lecture is entitled “Science, Evolution, and Creationism: The Critical Need for Science as a Liberal Art in [...]
admin on Dec 21st, 2008Merry Kitzmas! — But It’s a Bittersweet Anniversary in Louisiana
By Barbara Forrest
Today, December 20, 2008, marks the third anniversary of the landmark decision in the first intelligent design (ID) creationism legal case, Kitzmiller et al. vs. Dover Area School District (2005). Ever since that ruling, the plaintiffs and those of us who served on their legal team in the now-famous “Dover trial” observe the [...]
admin on Dec 17th, 2008Louisiana Looks Bad in Scientific American
By Barbara Forrest
The kind of publicity that Gov. Bobby Jindal brought to Louisiana by signing the 2008 Louisiana Science Education Act (LSEA), a stealth creationism bill, is the kind that the state could well do without. The December 2008 issue of Scientific American, the country’s most respected science magazine for the educated public, calls the [...]
admin on Nov 28th, 2008The Discovery Institute Targets Texas
See Barbara Forrest, “Why Texans Shouldn’t Let Creationists Mess with Texas Science Education,” Southern Methodist University, November 11, 2008 — Video — MP3
By Barbara Forrest
November 27, 2008
Texas science education is currently in the crosshairs of the Discovery Institute (DI), the conservative Seattle think tank that serves as the headquarters of the intelligent design (ID) creationist [...]