Ethics

DI Flaks Spout Nonsense on New Texas Science Standards

By Ed Brayton

Charles Garner and David Klinghoffer, both flaks for the Discovery Institute, have an insipid op-ed in a Texas newspaper about the new Texas science standards. They show how deeply they miss the point in the very first paragraph:

Texas has been the scene of a stirring illustration of democracy at work. The Texas State Board of Education set itself the task of revising standards for science education, debating fundamental controversies in biology, paleontology and chemistry. The radioactive topic of evolution was the center of attention.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on April 09, 2009 (boomark / email).