Glenn McDavid

Expelled!. Also see the follow-up.

Via Bad Astronomy.

As my mother used to nag us: Don't do a half-way job!

Two recent incidents at Midwestern universities, actually quite similar IMHO:

From If you reject a teaching job applicant because he believes a crazy conspiracy theory...:

[....] the University of Wisconsin has not rehired 9/11 conspiracy believer Kevin Barrett to teach a course on the history of Islam. [...] if we know a person believes something truly nutty, are we not entitled to use that as evidence of his intelligence, judgment, and trustworthiness?

From Silly creationists, Universities are for scientists:

....Iowa State University denied tenure to astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez. As it happens, Gonzalez is an advocate of Intelligent Design, which has been legally ruled to be not only religion, but actually just warmed-over creationism.

I believe both Universities acted correctly.

Actor's Risque Past Halts 'Adam' Film

via Bad Astronomy

6000 years of Republican debates. Is there anybody around who can channel H.L. Mencken???

http://xkcd.com/c258.html

More on geocentrism linked to a note at Talking Points Memo. There Joshua Micah Marshall laments that Molly Ivins is no longer around to write about the story. Personally, I would like to see H.L. Mencken's comments.

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