Drawing lines and accommodations in public schools
Happy new year folks. I wanted to follow up on my grand bargain post, where I suggest creationist students be allowed to substitute another topic for evolution....
Tag: Parental rights
On grand bargains
So I did my Hindu thing for a while, and took some time to write another essay about race in America. I figure I should get back to my main topic: evolution and...
The central meaning-giving task in our lives
As I said before, I’m shifting to a different lens on this issue. I’m going to work through passages of William Galston’s Liberal Pluralism an...
Summary, scientific thinking and Dick Cheney
Here’s a hodge-podge of thoughts on creationism and science education before turning to other topics: First a summary, mostly for my own benefit. Science ...
Evolution and cultural science literacy
Before discussing cultural science literacy, I want to briefly revisit the usefulness of evolution. Consider medicine: “I think evolutionary biology could...
Vaccines and the right to refuse
Scientists have been studying disease transmission since at least the 19th century. We now have reams upon reams of peer-reviewed research and detailed mathemat...