On AlterNet: darwin

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Sunday is Darwin Day. How Will You Celebrate It?

Glenn Branch, AlterNet. February 10, 2012.

February 12 is Darwin's Birthday -- a holiday for the reality-based community

Why 'Life Had To Have Been Designed' Is a Terrible Justification for God's Existence

Greta Christina, AlterNet. March 13, 2010.

This is the most common justification people have for why god exists. To those people, I say: You really need to study evolution a little more carefully.

Is Darwin Film "Creation" Too Controversial for American Audiences?

Steven Guess, Comment Is Free. September 23, 2009.

Only 39 percent of Americans believe in evolution. How long can we protect our mythologies?

Christian Groups Block Showing of Darwin Movie in U.S.?

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. September 14, 2009.

A film about Charles Darwin that is being shown throughout the world can't find a U.S. distributor.

Kansas School District Bans T-Shirts Depicting Evolution

Faiz Shakir, ThinkProgress AlterNet: PEEK. August 31, 2009.

"I don't think evolution should be associated with our school," said one parent, who teaches in the district.

Intelligent Design's Latest Sneaky Assault on Science

Matt Zeitlin, Campus Progress. July 22, 2009.

One of the architects behind the unscientific intelligent design movement is finding success in referencing its greatest enemy: Charles Darwin.

Intelligent Design Proponent Makes Another Stupid Argument

PZ Myers, AlterNet: PEEK. July 16, 2009.

Stephen Meyer is arguing that Thomas Jefferson supported ID. Actually, Jefferson was dead when Darwin came up with his theory of evolution.

Old Fossil Takes On Darwin

PZ Myers, Pharyngula AlterNet: PEEK. July 2, 2009.

The old fossil is Pat Buchanan, who has published a freakishly antiquated diatribe against Darwin.

The Perfect (Funny) Answer to a Serious Age Old Argument

PZ Myers, Pharyngula AlterNet: PEEK. February 24, 2009.

Have you ever gotten sucked into one of those endless "Teach the controversy!" or "You're afraid to look at both sides" kinds of arguments?

Custom-Designed Kids: How Darwin's Legacy Is Being Abused

Jesse Reynolds, AlterNet. February 12, 2009.

200 years after Charles Darwin was born, his work is being used to justify racism and genetically design children.

Creationism: A House of Lies Founded on Even More Lies

PZ Myers, Pharyngula AlterNet: PEEK. August 7, 2008.

The works of creationists like "Dr." Ron Carlson sometimes cross the line between preposterous and downright offensive.

Intelligent Design Propaganda Is Coming to a Theater Near You

Lauri Lebo, AlterNet. April 24, 2008.

With "Expelled," proponents of Intelligent Design prove that they are much better at marketing than they are at science.

The Missing Link in Creationism

Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. December 10, 2007.

How can social conservatives deny Darwin's theory of evolution while espousing social Darwinism?