crates | February 17, 2009

          I just saw a very instructive two hour program by NOVA.  It had to do with the recent events (2004) in a town in Dover, PA where a couple of individuals on the school board pushed through a requirement that Intelligent Design be taught in biology classrooms as a viable alternative to the modern theory of evolution.  They also required that [...]

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Tags: Creationism, Darwin, Evolution, Intelligent Design, nature, Theory of Natural Selection

crates | March 16, 2007

I just got back from seeing “300″ which as probably everybody knows is about the Spartan defense of Greece at Thermopylae. I am not sure if many people in the general population were aware of this battle and if they did, I’m not sure if they realized its significance. I was really looking forward to [...]

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Tags: 300, Biography, Darwin, Janet Brown, nature, Spartans, Thermopylae