Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 7:47:07 pm
Just like the Council on American Islamic Relations, the dishonest creationists at the Discovery Institute are now reduced to paying PRNewsWire to disseminate their propaganda: Leading Darwinist Richard Dawkins Dodges Debates, Refuses to Defend Evolution. This is a good sign; it means these atavistic dissemblers are having trouble finding reputable news ...

Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 9:28:23 am
Last week we suddenly saw a barrage of articles about the climate change “hockey stick” graph, with absurdly overheated headlines like this one at Britain’s Telegraph: How the global warming industry is based on one MASSIVE lie. Not just a lie, but a MASSIVE lie. Wow. That sounds really bad. The article ...

Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 7:02:04 pm
“Missing link” is really the wrong term to use for this newly-announced fossil discovery (it implies a single link between humans and their ape-like ancestors, when the truth is far more complex and fluid), but if it will set creationists’ heads spinning I’ll accept it: Oldest ‘Human’ Skeleton Found — ...

Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 1:26:13 pm
You know, I don’t think we have enough anti-science homophobic religious fanatic creationists in the running for the 2012 GOP nomination for President. We can always use another; for example: Rick Santorum. Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) is well aware his forthcoming visit to Iowa will encourage presidential speculation, and ...

Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 6:12:55 pm
New research into mitochondria provides a devastating refutation of one of the main talking points of Michael Behe and the Discovery Institute neo-creationists, as “irreducible complexity” turns out to be very reducible. Intricate cellular components are often cited as evidence of intelligent design. They couldn’t have evolved, I.D. proponents say, ...

Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 6:35:16 pm
The Weekly Standard has been bought for an embarrassingly low price by a Christian fundamentalist billionaire, so don’t be surprised if you see them do a sharp lurch to the creationist side of reality: “Weekly Standard” Going Creationist? Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. has sold The Weekly Standard to Christian conservative ...

Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 11:00:42 am
A militant Islamic group called the “Nigerian Taliban” has killed dozens of people with coordinated attacks in the northern part of Nigeria, with the goal of overthrowing the government, imposing strict sharia law, and abolishing “Western-style education.” Especially that whole “rain” concept. They don’t accept that rain is evaporated water. In ...

Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 8:20:26 pm
Discovery Institute shill David Klinghoffer is utterly without shame. When he isn’t blaming Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution for inspiring every genocidal dictator in human history, he’s claiming that legendary Jewish physician/philosopher Maimonides was into “intelligent design” creationism. There you have it: Maimonides was fighting the good intellectual fight for ...

Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:56:32 am
Governor Tim Pawlenty (R-Minnesota) is being touted as a frontrunner for the 2012 presidential election, and today it was announced that he’ll be a featured speaker at the Republican National Committee meeting in San Diego. Gov. Tim Pawlenty will address members of the Republican National Committee July 30 in San ...

Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 3:54:50 pm
A pretty good rant from The Sensuous Curmudgeon, triggered by a whiny complaint from Discovery Institute creationist David Klinghoffer (who’s upset because all the visitors to his blog “hate” him): Creationists: Crybabies & Nancy-Boys. Why don’t all of you anti-science theocrats find yourselves another political party — you’re destroying the ...

Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 6:48:27 pm
Discovery Institute Senior Fellow David Klinghoffer’s blog at Beliefnet is really a hoot — I’ve been checking in regularly. Here’s a good entry from this week, in which Klinghoffer is hard pressed to disagree with the contention that “Darwinism is a lie sprung straight from the pit of Hell!?” I ...

Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 12:20:42 pm
I wondered how long it would be before a creationist tried to link the theory of evolution to the James W. Von Brunn case — I should have remembered that the Discovery Institute’s David Klinghoffer is always first with the Darwin-Hitler connection. In his blog post yesterday at Beliefnet, Klinghoffer argues ...

Thu, May 28, 2009 at 2:50:59 pm
Dentist Don McLeroy, the young earth creationist appointed to head the Texas State Board of Education twice by Republican Governor Rick Perry, has been rejected by the Texas Senate. I see this as very good news, but the Discovery Institute (who pushed hard to get their anti-evolution “academic freedom” language ...

Tue, May 19, 2009 at 5:31:04 pm
Andrew Malcolm has the full text of GOP chairman Michael Steele’s speech today: RNC Chairman Michael Steele tries to re-rally the GOP. A point that Steele made: “The Republican Party is again going to emerge as the party of new ideas.” The key phrase, though, seems to be that the GOP is ...

Thu, May 7, 2009 at 8:21:26 pm
Here’s one of the very worst, most deceptive dog-and-pony shows I’ve ever seen about evolution, from ... who else? ... Fox News. Steve Doocy interviews the anti-evolution Discovery Institute’s main parrot Casey Luskin, who proceeds to spew a complete load of crap, without any context or any rebuttal whatsoever. The really ...

Wed, May 6, 2009 at 7:42:15 pm
If you thought last night’s video featuring Chris Matthews interviewing a ducking, dodging Mike Pence about the GOP’s inexplicable attachment to creationism was something, wait ‘til you see this one. This time Matthews interviews Tom Tancredo, who spouts Discovery Institute talking points about “intelligent design” creationism as expected (including his desire ...

Mon, May 4, 2009 at 10:33:58 pm
University of Chicago geneticist Jerry Coyne has a good post on Melanie Phillips’ latest 2,000-word attempt to burnish her credentials with the anti-evolution crowd (by attacking me). Phillips tries to earn some martyr points by claiming she’s the victim of a “secular Inquisition:” Poor beleaguered Melanie Phillips! Just call me Torquemada. ...

Sun, May 3, 2009 at 2:11:56 pm
Melanie Phillips has done good work exposing the danger of Islamic militancy in Britain, and I’ve linked many of her articles on the subject here at LGF. She’s also taken a principled stand against Eurofascist groups such as the BNP, who try to gain legitimacy by claiming to be “anti-jihad.” But ...

Sat, May 2, 2009 at 8:56:19 pm
Here’s the fascinating story behind the outing of the infamous “Wedge Strategy” of the creationist propaganda farm calling itself the Discovery Institute: Discovery’s Creation. In 1998, members of a Seattle nonprofit think tank drafted a secret five-year plan with an ambitious goal: to “defeat scientific materialism” and “replace materialistic explanations ...

Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 5:00:41 pm
LGF reader Zimriel created this handy dandy model form letter for creationists driven into a seething frenzy by an LGF post, to help them put together that dramatic flounce-off email with a minimum of effort: CREATIONIST FORM LETTER Dear Charles, I’m a [] longtime poster with 0-3 comments since January 2008 [] longtime lurker [] ...

Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 6:22:12 pm
I may have jumped the gun when I pronounced the ICR’s suit against Texas the “ludicrous creationist news of the day.” Because Discovery Institute “senior fellow” David Klinghoffer’s latest article is so insanely over the top, it seems like a parody. But it’s not. Slouching Toward Columbine: Darwin’s Tree of Death. The image, ...

Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 9:17:40 pm
An excellent article about the creationist insanity that reigns over the Texas State Board of Education, by Lauri Lebo: Evolution Challenged in “Textbook” Case: As Goes Texas, So Goes the Nation. Ken Mercer says evolution is disproved by the absence of any transitional fossil forms between dogs and cats and ...

Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 9:01:56 pm
A new survey of Louisiana residents shows that only 39% believe that the theory of evolution is supported by scientific evidence. And that’s just sad. But even sadder, in a pathetically ironic way: Bobby Jindal’s wife has started a foundation to promote science education in Louisiana. Among those who have expressed ...

Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 3:25:38 pm
A Republican candidate endorsed by Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal has lost big. Baton Rouge lawyer Dan Claitor beat businessman and fellow Republican Lee Domingue — the candidate with Gov. Bobby Jindal’s backing — to win the state Senate District 16 seat in Saturday’s special election. Claitor garnered 11,713 or 66  percent ...

Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 9:12:24 pm
A new bill introduced in the Texas House of Representatives will require meetings of the Board of Education to be recorded in audio and video, broadcast over the Internet, and archived for reference—an excellent idea that will expose the anti-science agenda of Republican chairman Don McLeroy (appointed by Republican governor ...