Score one for intelligence in public education. Today a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled teaching so-called “intelligent design” in the classroom violates the constitutionally mandated separation of church and state. In his ruling, the judge said “Our conclusion today is that it is unconstitutional to teach ID as an alternative to evolution in a public school science classroom” and “We find that the secular purposes claimed by the board amount to a pretext for the board’s real purpose, which was to promote religion in the public school classroom.” Are ID proponents the next Dodos?

As the Holiday Season comes upon us and we think of all we are blessed with, we should realize we have more to be thankful for than ever. Normally at this time of year we’d be celebrating just one immaculate conception: that of Jesus Christ. But this year, we get to celebrate not only Baby Jesus, but Baby Cruise as well.

It was in 1859, one hundred and forty-six years ago next month, that Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species, and it’s been under attack ever since.

Civilization was a game I played on a glowing box, a mark of my own nation’s scientific achievement. I find myself playing the same game on a similar box today, only this time I am not the leader. I am the citizen.

On the Disneyfication of our children’s hopes and dreams.

If you’ve ever wondered why people who are hurt by Bush’s policies still vote for him, or how it is that conservatives have stolen such a mind share in this country, or how we can fight their Orwellian double speak, then pick up George Lakoff’s “Don’t Think of an Elephant”.