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...Queen of England, Prince of Wales and Paul "Bear" Bryant notwithstanding, Stephen Jay Gould may have about as much job security as anyone in the world. To start with, Gould, who celebrated his 40th birthday this week, has been a tenured professor of geology since 1973--a virtually un-loseable, though hardly unique, position. But Gould is also the winner of a mysterious, no-strings-attached MacArthur Foundation grant; given to "geniuses" (who do not apply) by a secret panel of scholars, the grant totals $200,000 over five years and cannot be revoked for any reason. Finally, over...
Despite his title, Gould is not, strictly speaking, a geologist, but other labels don't exactly suit him either. He is probably best described as an evolutionary biologist--an admiring disciple of Charles Darwin. As Darwin has come under increasing attack by right-wing forces in the country--while Gould's career, firmly anchored to the theory of evolution, has flourished--the professor has taken an increasingly public role in defiance of "creationists...
...Gould, a student of the history of science, sees the creationist resurgence as a continuation of long-standing historical trends rather than an alarming, new development. Sitting amidst the clutter in his cavernous office at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, he says, "Creationism has always been around. It's only coming up now because with Reagan's politics and the general turn to the right, what was right-wing nuttiness ten years ago is now, if not central, at least acceptable...
...Gould has been active in the anti-creationist movement for years--making speeches, writing letters and articles and testifying--and remains confident that the courts will strike down any laws that require "equal time" for the teaching of the Biblical interpretation of human development in public schools. Of recently passed laws in Arkansas and Louisiana, Gould says, "Everybody's virtually convinced that the laws will not stand up--I can't imagine even the Burger court, for all its nonsense on other matters, not finding the laws blatantly unconstitutional...
...Queen herself; let's have a round of applause for them both! From the Sedgemoor district council in Somerset - how about this? - a ton of peat! A nickel-silvered - oh, this is cute - a nickel-silvered mousetrap in a diamante-jeweled presentation case from West Country Councillor Vernon Gould! One complete bedroom set from Canada! Two additional beds! Three engineering apprenticeships donated by the Greater Manchester Council! Western boots for Charles, Western chaps for Diana, both from Texas and both from Anne Arm strong, the former American ambassador! A herb garden for Highgrove from the Cranleigh Group of Women...