Category Archives: Creationism

Nothing in Movement Conservatism Makes Sense, Except in the Light of Creationism: The Speaker Johnson Edition

Posted on October 31, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

With apologies to Theodosius Dobzhansky. If you hadn’t heard, the House Republicans, after punching themselves in the nuts for over two weeks, finally managed to elect a Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson. Even by Republican standards, he’s out there, … Continue reading →

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Inchoate Conspiracies

Posted on September 10, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

We really need to understand that the most individual conspiracies aren’t coherent on their own, but allow conspiracists to plug in their own ‘facts’ (boldface mine): Instead, conspiracy theories are most effectively spread by a scattershot approach of supposition, question-begging, … Continue reading →

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The Lynchpin

Posted on September 9, 2021 by mikethemadbiologist

It has been darkly amusing watching many pundits and others being forced to finally confront anti-vaccinationism. For those of us who have been aware and opposed to this and other idiocies (e.g., creationism, global warming denialism), what we’re seeing is … Continue reading →

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Nothing in Movement Conservatism Makes Sense Except in the Light of Creationism

Posted on October 17, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

With apologies to Theodosius Dobzhansky. Over the last few weeks, I’ve come across a number of stories, tweets, threads and the like which ask two related questions: How can conservatives make so many false and/or hypocritical statements? When conservatives engage … Continue reading →

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The Strange Silence Of Education Reformers

Posted on September 25, 2018 by mikethemadbiologist

Despite the ‘education reform’ movement’s fetishization of the Common Core curriculum*, they never seem to defend the integrity of school curricula. Today’s episode in non-reaction comes from Arizona (boldface mine): Arizona Superintendent Diane Douglas tapped a young-earth creationist to serve … Continue reading →

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Good And Bad News About D.C.’s Charter Schools and Creationism

Posted on February 24, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

First, the good news (boldface mine): A D.C. public charter school network scrapped plans to award Liberty University a contract to offer online courses to high school students, including a class that would have taught them how to “apply a … Continue reading →

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Nothing in Conservatism Makes Sense Except in the Light of Creationism: The Trump Edition

Posted on August 11, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

As always, with apologies to Theodosius Dobzhansky. It’s worth noting that Trump is essentially the Sarah Palin they’ve been waiting for. Consider this: While people have described Palin as engaging in identity politics, that sells identity politics short. Palin along … Continue reading →

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Common Core, Science, and Louisiana

Posted on June 16, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

For the record, here’s my thoughts on the Common Core: …I don’t oppose a national curriculum or annual testing: as I’ve written repeatedly, I do think we should be using Massachusetts’ curriculum and tests (including the importance–not so important–that used* … Continue reading →

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A Hugo Award Observation: The Irony of Rabid Puppies

Posted on April 21, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

No, I’m not referring to genuinely ill dogs–that’s just sad to even think about. Instead, I’m referring to a bunch of rightwing morons headed by a blogger known as Vox Day (SEE WHAT HE DID THERE? AND HE WILL HAVE … Continue reading →

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Education ‘Reform’ Isn’t About the Kids: The Texas Schoolbook Edition

Posted on November 24, 2014 by mikethemadbiologist

Here’s something you won’t hear any of the education reformers getting worked up about (boldface mine): During a months-long process, publishers made a number of improvements to their textbooks. Those improvements included removing inaccurate information promoting climate change denialism; deleting … Continue reading →

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