Thursday, December 09, 2004

Poem of the Day Dept.:

"One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop.
"Why are we still arguing about Darwin? Why are more schools around the country forcing teachers to treat 'intelligent design' (the new euphemism for creationism) as something as valid as evolution? Why do two-thirds of Americans (according to a CBS News poll taken last month) favor teaching creationism and evolution side-by-side in public schools?

"This is happening because America is now a post-literate, post-logical society where truth and reason no longer matter."

From "When fundamentalism and political hackery trump science" by Randolph T. Holhut, at Smirking Chimp.