tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19896356.post4606223810395327739..comments2023-06-30T03:19:06.979-05:00Comments on Liprap's Lament - The Line: Leigh C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13654596932726420097noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19896356.post-22322958793603486412010-08-02T20:53:38.068-05:002010-08-02T20:53:38.068-05:00Here is a letter that I sent to the Times Picayune...Here is a letter that I sent to the Times Picayune and they declined to publish:<br /><br /> Ironic. Reading John MaGinnis’ July 28 editorial, “Reason, not emotion, needed on ban,” I realized that Governor Jindal is being lauded for being “pro-science” during the current oil-spill fall-out. Two years ago, against opposition from many American science organizations, including AAAS, Governor Jindal signed the falsely-named Louisiana Science Education Act. The law allows “local school boards to approve supplemental materials for public school science classes as they discuss evolution, cloning and global warming” (Times-Picayune, June 27, 2008). Not surprisingly, at least one parish school system is now explicitly “exploring” teaching “creationism.”<br />(http://livingstonparishnews.com/news/article_b7cc37aa-972b-11df-adf1-001cc4c002e0.html). It is difficult to reconcile Governor Jindal’s conflicting positions on science except on the basis of political expediency.marionfreistadtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19896356.post-37606620811679685142010-07-30T12:16:49.622-05:002010-07-30T12:16:49.622-05:00Hi, Leigh. just catching up. I appreciated the &...Hi, Leigh. just catching up. I appreciated the "creationism" (create-a-lie-ism) story. Am writing a letter to the TP about it.marion freistadtnoreply@blogger.com