added May 2, 2008
For links to other posts on LaClair, see this post on the Five Public Opinions blog. Click here for a transcript of his acceptance speech for the FFRF 2007 Thomas Jefferson Student Activist Award, and click here for an audio recording of the speech.
In a new (April 27, 2008) Op-Ed piece in [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2008
high school student finds conservative bias
April 28, 2008 – 1:35 pm
evidentiary examples deceitfully Expelled
April 20, 2008 – 12:36 pm
… Mathis basically explains that these examples were excluded from the film because inclusion of this evidence against the film’s major argument “would have confused the film unnecessarily.”
In other words, the film is a lie, and the film-makers know it.
Truth Expelled
April 19, 2008 – 11:46 pm
Blake Stacey compiles examples of people being penalized for being truthful about evolutionary biology.
Meanwhile, for Dembski on expelled, see here and here. As usual, he’s being dishonest. For example, Dembski says
Controversy surrounds this film. Reviews tend to be extremely positive or extremely negative. Who likes it? People who think God may have had something to [...]
Henry Morris email re: ICR Texas accreditation hearing
April 19, 2008 – 8:38 pm
An email sent Thursday April 17 to supporters of the Institute for Creation Research from its CEO Henry Morris III, on next week’s hearing & decision by the Texas Higher Ed Board regarding the ICR’s application for accreditation (and hence, teacher certification) for its distance education masters degree in “science education,” has been posted on [...]
Tom Chapin: “IT’S NOT ON THE TEST”
April 18, 2008 – 10:56 pm
You can play this video here, but be sure to visit Tom Chapin’s site for “It’s not on the test.”
Includes Lyrics, Statement, Fact Sheet, Press Info, Advocacy …
Florida legislation (pending) on Teaching Evolution
April 13, 2008 – 4:41 pm
Note that the interpretation by the staff analysts for the Florida House itself is dramatically more ominous than even the critical interpretation on The Panda’s Thumb.
Ben Stein interviews reveal Expelled deceptiveness
April 13, 2008 – 11:20 am
This story is critical to defending themselves against accusations that they deliberately mislead nearly all of their pro-evolution interviewees
Rebranding creationism
April 6, 2008 – 6:31 pm
What’s next, after “creationism,’ “Creation Science,” “Intelligent Design,” etc.?
P. Z. Myers sees creationism attempting to re-brand itself as “evolution.”
Ed Brayton discusses this as The Anti-Evolution Movement: Phase 4.
In addition to the sources they discuss, I saw this coming when I heard a talk by Behe on his new book, The edge of evolution: the search [...]
Creationists’ new legistlative maneuvering: state “Academic Freedom” acts
April 6, 2008 – 4:25 pm
The latest wave of anti-bioscience activity in the legislative arenas in several states is the Introduction of “Academic Freedom” bills, such as the one introduced in Louisiana recently (and discussed by Casey Luskin at the Discovery Institute’s Evolution News and Views blog (with the illustration posted here at right).
The “Louisiana Academic Freedom Act” declares its [...]
NCSE: Expelled Exposed
April 1, 2008 – 10:38 am
Keep checking this space for the National Center for Science Education’s official response to the Ben Stein movie Expelled; for now, we hope you will find this collection of resources helpful.
