Posted on June 17, 2009 by bort901
Many from the Discovery Institute have argued against censorship in any form. Yet, when someone criticizes Discovery Institute fellow, Casey Luskin, they fully engage in censorship. Recently, Luskin appeared on Fox News to discuss the recent battle of how evolution should be taught in Texas schools. DonExodus posted a point-by-point video rebuttal to Luskin:
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Posted on April 23, 2009 by bort901
Recently I wrote in defense of Dr. Ronald Wetherington, an anthropology professor at SMU, and his expert testimony before the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) on January 21st, 2009. During the question and answer portion, SBOE member Terri Leo outright lies in order to trick Wetherington.
At around the 34 minute mark of Wetherington’s testimony, [...]
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Posted on April 21, 2009 by bort901
In a recent post over at the Discovery Institute’s blog, Evolution News and Views,David Klinghoffer writes about the expert testimony of Ronald Wetherington. Ronald Wetherington is an anthropology professor at Southern Methodist University. In his post, Klinghoeffer claims that Wetherington was “sloppy with his facts.” Unfortunately, I can’t find a transcript of Wetherington’s testimony, but [...]
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Posted on October 22, 2008 by bort901
On October 22, 2008, Casey Luskin wrote “Darwin Defender Daniel Bolnick Illustrates How to Market Evolution to the Public.” He is criticizing an op-ed written by Daniel Bolnick, leader of the Texas 21st Century Science Coalition. Dr. Bolnick is a professor at UT Austin, and has at least 21 scientific articles on the subject of [...]
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