academic freedom

Astronomer Phil Plaite, writing for Slate, shows how stupid the Darwin lobby thinks Coloradans are.

Tennessee became the latest state to enact an academic freedom bill that protects teachers when they promote critical thinking about science.

Why can’t HuffPo take a lesson in responsible coverage and commentary from the Associated Press or even the ACLU?

The Darwin Brigade is gearing up for a fight in the state.

The 1987 creationist Louisiana law at issue in Edwards is very different from the academic freedom law in Tennessee.

Without the liberty to dissent, the whole idea of “academic freedom” is pretty meaningless.

Josh Rosenau warns that the new academic freedom law is already in big trouble, for upon inevitable legal challenge it will easily be struck down as a violation of the Establishment Clause.

We delivered more than 2,700 signatures to Emory University president James W. Wagner on Sunday, gathered in under a week.

Unfortunately, the Reuters reporter balked at my suggestion that fairness would dictate the article point out we aren’t pushing ID into public schools, and the law doesn’t do that either.

Governor of Tennessee Bill Haslam allowed his state’s academic freedom bill to become law, but he also bought into some of the falsehoods being spread by the Darwin Lobby.

Today Tennessee became the latest state to enact an academic freedom bill.

Obviously in this tough economy, the economic consequences of any legislation are important to consider.