Thoughts on Michael Reiss
. . . from Thoughts from the Heart on the Left. Tony has some good words on the topic.
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Joe Carter’s 10 Ways Darwinists Help ID
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I found these 10 ways rather amusing (part 1, part 2, part 3. Perhaps we should all take advice from the opposition and say just the things they’d like us to say. Here’s my response, briefer than my usual! Well, if ID advocates would just define an actual theory and quit trying to disguise the…
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Glenn Branch and Eugenie Scott have an article in Scientific American titled The Latest Face of Creationism in the Classroom, detailing the latest approach to getting creationism in the classroom. Since I touched on this briefly in two previous posts, I thought I’d link to this longer article so people can get the context. I…
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Paying for Education: Class Size
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