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Creationism vs. Darwin
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Background to latest controversies:

In Kansas, A Sharp Debate on Evolution, Washington Post May 6, 2005
[Dover, Pa] School board OKs challenges to evolution, MSNBC, Nov 12, 2004
Court rejects 'intelligent design' in science class, CNN Dec 20 2005

Creationist FAQs on Intelligent Design: here and here

A collection of creationist articles on the Bible, "intelligent design," and criticism of Darwinian evolution

FAQ cataloging rebuttals to many creationist arguments against evolution

EvoWiki, website about evolution and the creationism controversy, written from an evolutionary viewpoint

A collection of essential articles explaining evolution.

Informative FAQs on evolution

New York Times coverage of the current evolution controversy

The precedent setting Scopes trial of 1925
Creationists Beginning to Use Climate Change as a Wedge Issue
Mar 4, 2010
"Critics of evolution are gaining ground by linking the issue to climate change, arguing that dissenting views on both should be taught in public schools."
Colorado Legislature Kills 'Religious Bill of Rights'
Feb 17, 2010
The Bad Astronomer reports that the so-called 'Religious Bill of Rights' was killed in committee.
A Religious Bill of Rights?
Feb 15, 2010
Today the Bad Astronomer takes on a bill submitted to the Colorado legislature that would protect the "religious rights" of students in the Colorado public schools. The bill has clauses that seem to be an effort to undermine the teaching of evolution.
The Church of England Endorses Science
Feb 13, 2010
"Rejecting science 'weakens [the] Christian voice' but churchgoers 'should not take [the] Bible as a modern textbook'"
Ohio Science Teacher Attempts to Undermine Science and Evolution
Feb 11, 2010
"[A] small, deeply religious Ohio town is bracing itself … after the lengthy de facto trial of a man who is either a decorated teacher martyred for his Christian faith, or a religious zealot who spent years undermining the very science he was paid to teach."
Creationist Idiocy in Mississippi
Jan 19, 2010
Today the Bad Astronomer takes on creationist Mississippi state representative Gary Chism, who has recently introduced an absurd bill on biology education. He is the same guy who last year wanted to require placing in biology textbooks a disclaimer that described as a "controversial theory."
Book Review: "The Faith Instinct" by Nicholas Wade
Dec 27, 2009
Wade's book argues that human beings have evolved to be religious, because religion binds individuals together, giving humans an advantage in the struggle to survive