Top home-school texts dismiss Darwin
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Home-school mom Susan Mule wishes she hadn’t taken a friend’s advice and tried a textbook from a popular Christian publisher for her 10-year-old’s biology lessons.Mule’s precocious daughter Elizabeth excels at science and has been studying tarantulas since she was 5. But she watched Elizabeth’s excitement turn to [...]

May I introduce you to Don McLeroy the Chairman of the Texas State Board of Education.

Who needs to teach kids anything useful when you can teach them garbage instead? That’s right kids, drinking bleach will prevent HIV, because it’ll kill you before the HIV sets in.
Survey: Fla. Teens Believe Drinking Bleach Will Prevent HIV
ORLANDO, Fla. — A recent survey that found some Florida teens believe drinking a cap of [...]

And now a look at what religiousness does to US politics..
McCain is stumped on the stump
It’s not often that a reporter stumps John McCain. But it happened Friday, and it was a telling moment for the Republican presidential contender.
The bus had been rolling for a half-hour and McCain was holding court on everything from Iraq [...]

 Now this is some good news. ‘Bout time schools treat myth as such.
University to Teach ‘Intelligent Design’ as Myth
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Creationism and intelligent design are going to be studied at the University of Kansas, but not in the way advocated by opponents of the theory of evolution.
A course being offered next semester by [...]