The ICR Moves to Dallas
In a recent issue of Acts & Facts, Henry Morris III explains the rationale and the impact of the move.
Workshop on Teaching Evolution at the University of Colorado
Sarah Wise and Matt Young
A description of the program with advice to others
interested in educational outreach on evolution.
Updates
News from Colorado, Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Texas, Canada, and Turkey.
NCSE NEWS
Comings and Goings
Glenn Branch
Changes in the home office as new staff arrive
and others move on.
News from the Membership
What our members are doing to support evolution and
oppose pseudoscience wherever the need arises.
NCSE Thanks You for Your Generous Support
We are grateful for the continuing support of our
members and other contributors.
SPECIAL Grand Canyon Section
NCSE 2007 Grand Canyon Raft Trip: “The Best Ever”
Eugenie C Scott
If you missed it, think about joining NCSE in 2008.
Renewed Concern About Creationism at Grand Canyon National Park
Glenn Branch
Park employees and the scientific community are
concerned, but there is little movement in reviewing
creationist books or providing guidance to interpreters on evolution and geology.
Dry Rot, Not Arson: National Park Service and Science
Wesley R Elsberry
NPS policy is contradictory on the inclusion of
creationist perspectives in book sales and interpretive
materials. It appears that the Service is not following
its own guidelines for presentation of accurate
scientific information.
MEMBERS’ PAGES
Join Scott and Gish on a Creation/Evolution Tour
of the Grand Canyon!
Make your plans now for the 2008 “Two Models” tour.
Books: Flooded by Information
Books about geology, earth history, and the Grand Canyon.
NCSE On the Road
Check the calendar here for NCSE speakers.
ARTICLES
Has Natural Selection Been Refuted? The Arguments of William Dembski
Joe Felsenstein
A close look at William Dembski's assertions about
complexity, biological change, and evidence of design.
Recurrence of the Same? “Intelligent Design”
and the Biology Classroom
Jason Borenstein
Evaluating the claims of “intelligent design” proponents over the value of including ID in the biology curriculum.
FEATURES
The Design Revolution? How William Dembski is
Dodging Questions About “Intelligent Design”
Mark Perakh
Critics have posed numerous questions about Dembski’s models and use of mathematical and scientific concepts. But he seldom engages these critiques ... even when he does respond.
Responding to ID in a Freshman College Class
Jack Keyes and Nancy Broshot
A constructivist approach to engaging students in
the nature of scientific inquiry and challenges to
evolutionary science.
BOOK REVIEWS
Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural
Phenomenon by Daniel C Dennett
Reviewed by John C Greene
The Battle Over the Meaning of Everything
by Gordy Slack
Reviewed by Randy Olson
40 Days and 40 Nights: Darwin, Intelligent
Design, God, OxyContin, and Other Oddities on
Trial in Pennsylvania by Matthew Chapman
Reviewed by Lauri Lebo
Origins of Life: Biblical and Evolution Models
Face Off by Fazale Rana and Hugh Ross
Reviewed by Gary S Hurd
Encyclopedia of Evolution by Stanley A Rice
Reviewed by Tim M Berra
An Introduction to Biological Evolution
by Kenneth V Kardong
Reviewed by Werner G Heim
Fritz Müller: A Naturalist in Brazil
by David A West
Reviewed by Aubrey Manning
The Man Who Found Time: James Hutton and the
Discovery of the Earth’s Antiquity
by Jack Repcheck
Reviewed by William Parkinson
Darwin in the Genome: Molecular Strategies in Biological Evolution by Lynn Helena Caporale
Reviewed by Finn Pond
