And I am frankly disheartened that Palin and McCain think that "teaching the controversy" is even a reasonable suggestion. To be sure, McCain is less biased here, and has stated he "believes in" evolution. I am even a bit turned off when people say they "believe" in evolution. Folks, it has nothing to do with belief and has everything to do with experimentation, observation and critical thinking. Science, in other words.
And we wonder why the US has fallen behind most other industrialized nations in sciences and engineering??
A ton to be thankful for -- here is one part of that - all the
acknowledgement sections from my scholarly papers
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So - it is another Thanksgiving Day and in addition to thinking about
family, and football, and Alice's Restaurant, I also think a lot about all
the peop...
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