Dispatches from the Creation Wars
Archives for November, 2003
Evolution and Science Education
Posted by Ed Brayton on November 28, 2003 No idea in science is as controversial as the theory of evolution. The controversy comes not from within science, but in that grey area where science and religion intersect. This is an issue I’ve been involved with for many years. Since my late teen years, in fact. I’m part of a group that administers the…
Robert Bork and the 9th Amendment
Posted by Ed Brayton on November 27, 2003 Another book I’ve just finished rereading is People Rising: The Campaign Against the Bork Nomination, by Michael Pertshuk and Wendy Schaetzel. I was in college when Bork was nominated for the US Supreme Court in 1987, and at the time I was taking a course in judicial history. We ended up using the Bork nomination…
Political Discourse
Posted by Ed Brayton on November 26, 2003 “Democracy is the theory that holds that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” – HL Mencken Mencken certainly would not be surprised by how little the average American understands about the constitution or the nature of the American political system it was intended to establish. Anyone…