Creationism legislation–Alabama, shocking news
The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) is reporting that antievolution legislation has been introduced in the Alabama House of Representatives. Alabama isn’t known for their progressive...
View ArticleCreationism legislation–Alabama, the Constitution update
According to the National Center for Science Education (NCSE), in its article Credit-for-creationism scheme unconstitutional?, the new creationist legislation being introduced into the Alabama House is...
View ArticleCreationism legislation–Alabama (update 2)
Alabama’s House Bill 133, which would “authorize local boards of education to include released time religious instruction as an elective course for high school students”, cleared the Alabama House...
View ArticleAlabama and Mississippi think Obama is a Muslim and evolution is wrong
I’ve always considered the Deep South, which includes Alabama and Mississippi, to be a part of the country way out of step with the real world, including the rest of the country. Without the South,...
View ArticleReligion and global warning denialism
The other day, I was watching some news story about climate change; it was mostly from the denialist point of view, but I was struck by what seemed to be almost the same arguments that the creationist...
View ArticleGood news for science education in Alabama
Earlier this year, the Republican dominated Alabama legislature tried to enact a bill, House Bill 133, that would have established a scheme to allow high school credit for creationism. HB 133 would...
View ArticleCreationism dies–at least in Missouri
After the disaster of Tennessee’s science-denying Monkey Bill being signed into law, there has been relatively (and possibly temporary) good news in Oklahoma and Alabama, who did not vote on the...
View ArticleEvolution vs. creationism scorecard: 2012
Since the beginning of 2012, Republicans throughout the country tried to violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution by pushing religion into public...
View ArticleAmericans are ignorant fools about evolution
For New Year’s Day, I’m republishing the top 10 articles I wrote in 2013. Well, actually top 9, plus 1 from 2012 that just keeps going. #5. This article was published on 31 July 2013, and has had...
View ArticleOpinion – science denial harms humanity
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. This is part of my series of opinion pieces. As I’ve written, it is not meant to be supported by evidence or data – unless I link to...
View ArticleAnti-science legislation – state level activities are troubling
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. We have seen a lot of anti-science activities at the Federal government level that are scary. Massive reductions in Federal budgets...
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