http://www.netvouz.com/garoldstone/tag/evolution?feed=rss&pg=1 garoldstone's bookmarks tagged "evolution" on Netvouz http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/01/AR2005120101550.html?nav=rss_print/asection A new analysis of archaeopteryx, the earliest known birdlike animal, shows it had feet like dinosaurs -- adding weight to the belief that today`s birds are descendants of mighty ancient carnivores. Washington Post December 2, 2005; Page A06 garoldstone Fri, 02 Dec 2005 18:02:54 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/20/politics/20frist.html?oref=login Senator Bill Frist of Tennessee, the Republican leader, aligned himself with President Bush on Friday when he said that the theory of intelligent design as well as evolution should be taught in public schools. NYT Aug 20, 2005 Registration required garoldstone Sat, 27 Aug 2005 22:11:04 GMT http://mediamatters.org/items/printable/200508240009 On the August 19 broadcast of The Radio Factor, guest host John Gibson falsely claimed that the 1925 trial of John Thomas Scopes, a substitute biology teacher accused of violating a Tennessee law banning the teaching of evolution in the state`s public schools, was argued successfully by the defense and resulted in the elimination of Bible-based science from public school curricula. Media Matters Aug 24, 2005 garoldstone Sat, 27 Aug 2005 22:05:26 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-shermer/how-skeptic-magazine-was-_b_38896.html Unfortunately, in our eagerness to find additional examples of the inappropriate intrusion of religion in American public life (as if we actually needed more), we accepted this claim by PEER without calling the National Park Service (NPS) or the Grand Canyon National Park (GCNP) to check it. As a testimony to the quality of our readers, however, dozens immediately phoned both NPS and GCNP, only to discover that the claim is absolutely false. Jan 22, 2007 garoldstone Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:23:03 GMT http://forums.nytimes.com/top/opinion/readersopinions/forums/science/humanorigins/index.html?page=recent How compatible are religious beliefs and scientific theories? Caveat Lector. garoldstone Sat, 27 Aug 2005 22:17:00 GMT http://www.idthefuture.com/index.php?title=office_of_special_counsel_august_5_lette&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Office of Special Counsel 5 August 2005 Letter on Sternberg/Smithsonian Case Released garoldstone Sun, 21 Aug 2005 05:47:59 GMT http://www.countercurrents.org/comm-ravishankar130306.htm Even as the intelligent design controversy rages on, California recently witnessed a concerted push by a coalition of three Hindutva (Hindu supremacist) groups -- Hindu Education Foundation, Vedic Foundation and the Hindu American Foundation -- to doctor sixth grade social science textbooks. March 13, 2006 garoldstone Mon, 13 Mar 2006 22:45:43 GMT http://books.nap.edu/openbook/0309063647/html/index.html Order book or read online garoldstone Sat, 27 Aug 2005 22:06:09 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/25/AR2005092501177_pf.html garoldstone Mon, 03 Oct 2005 01:33:17 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/14/education/14evolution.html A majority of members on the Board of Education of Ohio, the first state to single out evolution for "critical analysis" in science classes more than three years ago, are expected on Tuesday to challenge a model biology lesson plan they consider an excuse to teach the tenets of the disputed theory of intelligent design. Nwe York Times Feb 14, 2006 garoldstone Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:12:47 GMT