You are herePresident Bush Addresses "Intelligent Design"Title: President Bush Addresses "Intelligent Design" Issue: 3–4 During a press conference with a group of Texas reporters on August 1, 2005, President George W Bush responded to a question about teaching "intelligent design" in the public schools. Year: 2005 Date: May–June Page(s): 13–14 topics: This version might differ slightly from the print publication. Media Type: Review: The Privileged PlanetYear: 2005 Title: The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos is Designed for Discovery Issue: 1–2 The Same Old Shell GameThe Privileged Planet is based upon the odd notion that the more unsuitable our universe is for producing intelligent life, the more likely it is that our universe was "designed" to produce intelligent life by a "designer" of indeterminate nature; put another way, supposedly the less likely it is that there could be a planet in our universe that supports intelligent life, then the more likely it is that the universe was "designed" to produce a particular intelligent life form — us — that can and will investigate the nature of the universe.Date: January–April Page(s): 47–49 Washington (DC): Regnery Publishing, 2004. 444 pages ReferencesIkeda M, Jefferys WH. 1997. The anthropic principle does not support supernaturalism. Available on-line atPennock RT. 1999. Tower of Babel: The Evidence against the New Creationism. Cambridge (MA): MIT Press. Perakh M. 2004. Paul Davies: Emergentist vs reductionist. Available on-line at Seife C. 2004 Jul 23. Physics enters the twilight zone. Science 305 (5683): 464–6. Sober E. 2003. The design argument. In: Manson NA, editor. God and Design: The Teleological Argument and Modern Science. New York: Routledge. p 27–54. Also available on-line at This version might differ slightly from the print publication. topics: Media Type: Review of Michael Behe's Darwin's Black BoxYear: 1996 Quarter: 1996 Page(s): 36–40 This version might differ slightly from the print publication. Title: Darwin's Black Box Perhaps the single most stunning thing about Darwin's Black Box, Michael Behe's "Biochemical Challenge to Evolution," is the amount of territory that its author concedes to Darwinism. topics: Review: Intelligent Design vs EvolutionYear: 2006 Title: Intelligent Design vs Evolution Issue: 6 Date: November–December The latest entry in the "Intelligent Design" is Creationism file, the board game Intelligent Design vs Evolution, is a Ken Ham-endorsed, William Dembski-approved cornucopia of bad science and fundamentalist propaganda (see http://www.uncommondescent.com/evolution/id-the-board-game/). The game is the creation of Ray Comfort and television's Kirk Cameron (Growing Pains), who beam beatifically out from five of the box's six sides. Living Waters Publications, 2006. http://www.wayofthemaster.com includes The Science of Evolution DVD Page(s): 28–30 ReferenceWolf J, Mellett SJ. 1985. The role of "Nebraska Man" in the creation–evolution debate. Creation/Evolution 16: 31–43. topics: This version might differ slightly from the print publication. Review: Darwin's NemesisYear: 2006 Title: Darwin's Nemesis Issue: 6 Date: November–December In April 2004, the leading lights of the "intelligent design" creationism (IDC) movement met at Biola University (formerly the Bible Institute of Los Angeles) to confer on their "godfather", law professor Phillip Johnson, the Phillip E Johnson Award for Liberty and Truth. Thus began a two-day conference entitled "Intelligent Design and the Future of Science." The talks presented there formed the basis for the present volume. Downers Grove (IL): InterVarsity Press, 2006. 357 pages Page(s): 30–33 topics: This version might differ slightly from the print publication. New Creationist Textbook On the Way (Again)Title: New Creationist Textbook On the Way (Again) Issue: 6 A document recently received by NCSE outlines the Discovery Institute's upcoming plans for its so-called teach the controversy strategy. In 2007, the Discovery Institute plans to release a "supplemental textbook" entitled Explore Evolution. According to the document, the textbook and auxiliary materials will teach the students the Discovery Institute's talking points against evolution. Year: 2006 Date: November–December Page(s): 28–30 topics: This version might differ slightly from the print publication. "Critical Analysis" in OhioTitle: "Critical Analysis" in Ohio: The Return of the Zombie Issue: 4 Like a zombie in a horror film, the "Critical Analysis of Evolution" effort returned to haunt the Buckeye State, despite a series of stakes through its heart. In 2002, Ohio adopted a set of science standards including a requirement that students be able to "describe how scientists continue to investigate and critically analyze aspects of evolutionary theory" (see RNCSE 2002 Sep/Oct; 22 [5]: 4–6). When the indicator was introduced, it was widely feared that it would provide a pretext for the introduction of creationist misrepresentations of evolution. Year: 2006 Date: July–August Page(s): 9–11 This version might differ slightly from the print publication. "Critical Analysis" Defeated in OhioTitle: "Critical Analysis" Defeated in Ohio Issue: 3 The Ohio Board of Education voted 11–4 at its February 14, 2006, meeting to remove both the "Critical Analysis of Evolution" model lesson plan and the corresponding indicator — which called for students to be able to "describe how scientists continue to investigate and critically analyze aspects of evolutionary theory" — in the state standards. Board member Martha Wise, who spearheaded the drive to eliminate the anti-evolution material, told the Cleveland Plain Dealer (2006 Feb 15), "I’m ecstatic ... Year: 2006 Date: May–June Page(s): 7–11 This version might differ slightly from the print publication. Design on TrialTitle: Design on Trial: How NCSE Helped Win the Kitzmiller Case Issue: 1–2 Just another flare-up Year: 2006 Date: January–April Page(s): 37–44 This version might differ slightly from the print publication. Review: Traipsing into EvolutionYear: 2006 Title: Traipsing into Evolution: Intelligent Design and the Kitzmiller v Dover Decision Issue: 1–2 When Judge Jones ruled that the Dover (Pennsylvania) Area School Board had violated the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause by mandating a brief statement in biology class about “intelligent design” (ID), he characterized Dover’s action as “breathtaking inanity” (Kitzmiller v Dover, p 138 of the memorandum opinion). Traipsing purports to rebut Jones’s opinion, but virtually every page contains serious factual, legal, or analytical errors; out-of-context quotes; or inconsistent, irrelevant, or trivial arguments — so the rebuttal is very weak. Date: January–April Seattle (WA): Discovery Institute Press, 2006; 123 pages. Page(s): 61–63 ReferencesBehe MJ. 1996. Darwin’s Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution. New York: The Free Press. Behe MJ. 2005a. Trial transcript (Kitzmiller v Dover). http://www2.ncseweb.org/kvd/trans/2005_1018_day11_am.pdf. Last accessed on May 9, 2006. Behe MJ. 2005b. Trial transcript (Kitzmiller v Dover). http://www2.ncseweb.org/kvd/trans/2005_1018_day11_pm.pdf. Last accessed on May 9, 2006. Behe MJ. 2005c. Trial transcript (Kitzmiller v. Dover). http://www2.ncseweb.org/kvd/trans/2005_1019_day12_pm.pdf. Last accessed on May 9, 2006. Forrest B. 2005. Trial transcript (Kitzmiller v Dover). http://www2.ncseweb.org/kvd/trans/2005_1005_day6_am.pdf. Last accessed on May 9, 2006. Johnson PE. 1997. Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds. Downers Grove (IL): InterVarsity Press. Moore BN, Parker R. 2001. Critical Thinking. 6th ed. Mountain View (CA): Mayfield Publishing Company. Legal Cases Cited Agostini v Felton. 521 US 203 (1997). Daubert v Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 509 US 579 (1993). Kitzmiller v Dover Area School Board. 400 F Supp 2nd 707 (MD Pa 2005). Memorandum opinion available on-line at http://www.pamd.uscourts.gov/kitzmiller/kitzmiller_342.pdf. Last accessed on May 9, 2006. McLean v Arkansas Board of Education. 529 F Supp 1255 (1982). This version might differ slightly from the print publication. Pages
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