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...they made it so that Kansas schoolchildren would no longer have to display any knowledge of macroevolution, large-scale evolutionary change, on a state exam. Local school boards were left to decide how this aspect of evolution would be taught in their schools...
...conservatives weren't crazy, Bible-toting fundamentalists spouting scripture. They were highly organized and researched. They brought in their own scientists and their own theories. They claimed that their ideas had scientific basis and were not dependent on the Bible. They were convinced that the way evolution was being taught in Kansas science classes was wrong. And, like everyone else, they claimed to want the best for the students...
...debate over evolution has grown much larger and more complex than the Bible versus the science book. And if the subject is restored belligerently in the state of Kansas, no one will win, least of all the children. Because whatever is taught in school can quickly be undone with a few words from a conservative...
George W.'s dad couldn't shake the habit either. After he lost in 1992, the President announced that he was going to exit the scene, write his memoirs and play with his grandchildren. He would be, in short, the graceful loser Dorothy had taught him to be. But as the years passed and Clinton's personal problems increased, it was hard to shake the feeling that he had lost to a lesser man. If President Bush was disciplined about holding his tongue, you have to wonder whether it was because he had an even better revenge in mind than...
...programs in schools only benefit girls, while boys are seen as "protosexists" and potential harassers. Sommers claims that most of the women in boys' lives--their teachers and counselors (and presumably their mothers)--don't understand masculinity and are threatened by it. Boys, she says, suffer when they're taught by women who want them to be in touch with their feelings; boys express themselves best through play and competition...