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science ? democracy

Panda Thumber Jason Rosenhouse tackles a challenge by Southwest Daily Times writer George Deipenbrock, who was seeking a “good argument” on why “teaching only the evolution theory does not violate the [Kansas] education science mission statement to make all students lifelong learners who can use science to make reasoned decisions. Presenting only one life science [...]

Hunter S. Thompson followup coverage

First, thanks for the link Roxanne (who has lots of linky goodness there):

Tom Wolfe has a great eulogy in the WSJ, including a great story where Hunter sees fit to utlilize a marine distress signaling device (audible for 20 miles) inside a midtown NY restaurant.

Ralph Steadman channels what he supposes would be [...]

RIP HST

The news hit me pretty hard, harder than I’d have expected. And while it’s a futile exercise to write about a writer as self-possessed as Hunter S. Thompson, I’ll say a few things, because he had a big impact on me. One can’t help but draw a parallel to Hemmingway, who also left on his [...]

Dover motions to be argued on Feb 28

That would be both the Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (which doesn’t stand a chance), and the 3rd Party Motion to Intervene (which shouldn’t stand a chance, but we’ll see).

The Recent Dover Motions

Just took a peek at the latest Dover motions and I’ll try to detangle for those sensible enough to not wade through all this crap. In short, on January 17th, a group of Dover parents filed a motion to intervene [pdf] as defendants (in addition to the already represented defendants, the Dover Area School District [...]