INTELLIGENTLY DESIGNED GRANDSON OF ELECTION RESULTS. The movement to teach Intelligent Design in public school science classes suffered a setback when voters in Dover, Pennsylvania swept eight pro-ID school board members out of office. USA Today reports that "They all lost to challengers who argued that the discussion doesn't belong in science class." Coincidence...or conspiracy?

Meanwhile, the Board of Education of Kansas busied itself by redefining science "so that it is no longer limited to the search for natural explanations of phenomena," as MSNBC.com worded it. Redefining science is tough work, but somebody had to do it!

The New York Times quotes distinguished public intellectual and Kansas board member Kenneth Willard as taking a very deep breath and saying, "I'm very pleased to be maybe on the front edge of trying to bring some intellectual honesty and integrity to the science classroom rather than asking students to check their questions at the door because it is a challenge to the sanctity of evolution."

Other brave board members, such as Kathy Martin, proved themselves capable of speech, too. "We are being very brave. We are brave enough to have all areas discussed," said brave Martin.

The words and actions of Martin and Willard offer encouragement to proponents of Intelligent Design as well as acolytes of more sophisticated concepts such as Idiotic Design and the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Villard plans to publish Pastafarian Bobby Henderson's The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster for release on February 14, 2006, so I'm sure Martin and Willard will be first in line to acquire it for use as a textbook in science classrooms throughout Kansas.
















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