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07.16.2008 9:00 pm

Thursday editorial: Devilution

devil_opt.jpgEvolution is, by definition, a series of small changes that occur over long periods of time. At least, that’s how scientists since the time of Charles Darwin always have regarded it.
But a new study suggests that the word “long” may not belong in…

05.01.2008 3:07 pm

Teaching science, with a wink and a nod

anti-evo_opt.jpg We Americans love freedom. And education. When it comes to education, we especially love “academic freedom.” Who could be opposed to that?

That helps explain why “academic freedom” has become the latest fig leaf for anti-evolutionists. The latest example is a…

04.25.2008 9:00 pm

Sunday Editorial: Tastes like . . . chicken

trex1_opt.jpgSixty-eight million years ago, Tyrannosaurus rex ruled the roost. It was the largest and most fearsome predator ever to thunder across the ancient Earth. Even today in the safety of a museum, coming face-to-kneecap with T. rex inspires awe —…