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Kansas State Board of Ed: “Science” Standard

I just went to the Kansas State Board of Ed website and found a link to the “August 9 draft of the standards”:http://www.ksde.org/outcomes/scstdworkingdoc892005.pdf, which are presumeably close to the final version. I’m going to check them out tonight.

Kansas State Board of Ed: “Science” Standard

The Politics of Science, the Science of Politics

It’s a good day, and a miserable day, all at once. This day is like a simultaneous quantum superposition that, once collapsed, remained in a state of indefinite distinction. I awoke this morning a little after 6 so that Jodi and I could hit the polls before she boarded her […]

The Politics of Science, the Science of Politics

Getting Ready for 74

Ah, political science. Ahem. Well, perhaps I’m just adding more science to politics than I usually see. I’ve wanted to sit down with state education rankings and compare the minimum teacher tenure requirement with the state ranking. Tonight I sat down the Google, OpenOffice, and the ballot initiative documents. I […]

Getting Ready for 74

And therefore…?

Dover is a wrap. The “New York Times reports on the closing arguments”:http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/05/science/sciencespecial2/05design.html?ex=1288846800&en=c428931f2daa6714&ei=5089&partner=rssyahoo&emc=rss, and tries to paint the trial as one where two entities – the school board and the intelligent design movement – are on trial, one where there are scientists who believe ID is a new paradigm shift […]

And therefore…?

God Intelligently Designed Electricity To Make You Sick

For many years, there has been a raging argument between engineers, scientists and the general public. This debate doesn’t center over whether humans and monkeys share a common ancestor. The brouhaha has nothing to do with whether God kicked the universe off in a big bang, or even whether God […]

God Intelligently Designed Electricity To Make You Sick

Closing Dover

“Kitzmiller vs. The Dover Schoolboard is scheduled to reach closing arguments this Friday, November 4”:http://www2.ncseweb.org/wp/. It’s remarkable to me that this first landmark trial in the new century over the zealous attempt to inject non-science into the science classroom has taken just a few months. Part of me wishes that […]

Closing Dover

Last Week for Dover Trial

This is the “last week of the Dover trial”:http://www.pennlive.com/newsflash/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-31/113074333546830.xml&storylist=penn, brought by parents in the school district against the administrators who forced non-science to be injected into the science classroom. The final witnesses are current and former school board members. The central question – whether the required language, which makes the […]

Last Week for Dover Trial

Nomination without Regard for the Facts

OK, here I totally cross-over into politics. In part, what I’m about to say is based on my deep devotion to data and evidence, and its interpetation based on a rational framework. The rest, however, is just plain human frustration. As you’re well aware, today the President tried to distract […]

Nomination without Regard for the Facts

I am a Teacher in California and I want to get fired.

In California, this is the week before the November special election to vote on seven ballot measures, several of which modify the state constitution. Trying to revisit my performance from last November as a “good citizen”, I am reviewing the actual text (I hate TV ads and I hate nearly […]

I am a Teacher in California and I want to …

Heavy Thoughts at 30,000 feet…

I’m having one of those moments of extreme clarity. Ever have those? I can’t say what sparked it. Perhaps it was a wonderful Braidwood collaboration meeting. Perhaps it was my excellent conversation with my colleague and, perhaps even friend by now, Dr. Herman White. Perhaps it was the wine, dinner, […]

Heavy Thoughts at 30,000 feet…

More not sleeping…

Nice “article in Slate, comparing Michael Behe’s ID testimony to a famous Monty Python sketch”:http://www.slate.com/id/2128755/. Right on target, I’d say…

More not sleeping…

Collaborating in the Midwest

Yawn. I am BEAT. After my bout of insomnia the other night, I had a miserable day and then had to take a nightflight to Chicago for my Braidwood collaboration meeting. With only 3.5 hours to sleep on the red eye flight, I caught two more short hours after arriving […]

Collaborating in the Midwest

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    July 1, 2025
    Had an EXCELLENT time volunteering with @jodi and many other staff from @snolabscience.bsky.social at the #SNOLAB tent at #ScienceNorth today. Engaging with the public […]
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    July 1, 2025
    It is a lovely day to sit outside and get some vitamin D going. Happy #CanadaDay, everyone!

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