Tag: Louisiana

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 14, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, academic freedom, ACLU, Alabama, creation science, creationism, Discovery Institute, educators, Edwards v. Aguillard, Indiana, intelligent design, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, law, lawsuits, legislators, Louisiana, Louisiana Science Education Act, Mississippi, persecution, policymakers, politicization, public education, religious beliefs, Science Education Policy, scientific theories, strengths and weaknesses, Supreme Court, Tennessee, West Virginia}

West Virginia Passes Bill Protecting Teacher Rights to Answer Student Questions on “Scientific Theories”

_{Casey Luskin
March 14, 2024

Evolution, Science Education

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West Virginia joins Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, Indiana, and Mississippi to become the sixth state to adopt some form of an academic freedom policy. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 17, 2023

Categories
Fine-tuning
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Planetology
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, black holes, earth, fine-timing, galaxy, General Theory of Relativity, gravitational waves, gravity, heavens, Louisiana, mirror, proton, spacetime, stars, sun, universe, Washington State}

In First Detection of Gravitational Waves, Timing Was Everything

_{Eric Hedin
May 17, 2023

Fine-tuning, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics, Planetology

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Let’s look at how timing across multiple orders of magnitude brought together cosmic and human events. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 24, 2021

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, doctors, euthanasia, hospitals, Louisiana, physician-assisted suicide, Slate, Supreme Court, United States, women}

Are Abortion, Physician-Assisted Suicide, and Euthanasia “Medical Practice”?

_{Michael Egnor
May 24, 2021

Medicine

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The practice of medicine by its very nature precludes the deliberate taking of innocent human life. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
November 6, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Cavendish Laboratory, Darwin on Trial, Darwinism, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, evolutionary theory, fruit flies, Harvard University, human origins, Louisiana, macroevolution, methodological naturalism, Michael Denton, Michael Ruse, moths, National Academy of Sciences, Natural History Museum, Phillip E. Johnson, Richard Dawkins, Southern Methodist University, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, Supreme Court, U.C. Berkeley, University of Chicago, University of Guelph}

Your Witness, Mr. Johnson: A Retrospective Review of Darwin on Trial

_{Stephen C. Meyer
November 6, 2019

Evolution

8}

In Darwinist argumentation, Phillip Johnson found a panoply of euphemism and wishful thinking masquerading as evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
August 4, 2019

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __edited, Abby Hafer, academic freedom, evolution, intelligent design, Louisiana, Massachusetts, science denial, science education, students, teachers, Tennessee}

In Massachusetts, Spreading Myths About Academic Freedom Legislation

_{Sarah Chaffee
August 4, 2019

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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In those few paragraphs, there’s a great deal of misinformation about academic freedom laws, how they harm science teaching and imperil students and educators. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
March 4, 2019

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, education, intelligent design, lawsuits, legislation, Louisiana, parents, religious beliefs, South Dakota, students, teachers, Tennessee}

In South Dakota, More Groundless Alarm about Academic Freedom

_{Sarah Chaffee
March 4, 2019

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

4}

South Dakota’s HB 1270, proposed this year, was a simple, straightforward academic freedom bill. Unfortunately, it did not pass. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
February 1, 2019

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, academic freedom bills, academic freedom day, Alabama, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, critical thinking, curriculum, Darwin Day, education, evolution, Free Science, Indiana, legislation, Louisiana, teachers, Tennessee}

Academic Freedom Resolutions — For Darwin Day, Another Valuable Option for Citizen Activists

_{Sarah Chaffee
February 1, 2019

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

3}

You may already know about academic freedom bills — such as those passed in Louisiana in 2008 and Tennessee in 2012. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 10, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, automobiles, cars, education, evolution, Ford Model T, Granville Sewell, Louisiana, Louisiana Science Education Act, natural selection, placental mammals, retaliation, students, teachers}

Here, Evidently, Is How They Teach Evolution at Louisiana State University

_{David Klinghoffer
July 10, 2018

Evolution, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

4}

This has got to be one of the dopiest, most simple-minded presentations of the subject that I’ve seen. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 27, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, anniversary, Charles Darwin, creationists, Darwinists, Democrats, education, evidence, fundamentalists, ID the Future, John West, Louisiana, Louisiana Science Education Act, podcast, science, science denial, scientists, stereotypes, Zack Kopplin}

West: Louisiana Science Education Act Is Important as a “Stereotype Breaker”

_{David Klinghoffer
June 27, 2018

Evolution, Science Education

2}

It was a turning point in the effort to secure academic freedom for science teachers. Read More ›

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Date
June 25, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Zoology
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, anniversary, Cambrian Explosion, education, evolutionary theory, fossils, Free Science, ID the Future, intelligent design, legislation, Louisiana, Louisiana Science Education Act, Sarah Chaffee, science, science standards, scientists}

Listen: Wade Warren on 10th Anniversary of LSEA

_{Science and Culture
June 25, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Science Education, Scientific Freedom, Zoology

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The LSEA gave teachers freedom to teach about both the scientific strengths and weaknesses of evolutionary theory. Read More ›