Another doozy of a week. Here are some ILYBYGTH-themed news stories you might have missed:
Pro-lifers love the new science, by Emma Green at The Atlantic.
- What does this tell us about the relationship between religion and science? My two cents right here at ILYBYGTH.
What happened to Crusade University? David Swartz tells the tale of the evangelical flop at Anxious Bench.
Ohio teacher suspended for telling an African American student he would be “lynched,” at NYT.
How can universities promote intellectual diversity? Some presidents are hanging out with campus conservatives, at IHE.
UK report: Evolution acceptance lower among less-talented students. HT: VW.
- Does this mean creationism is a matter of academic ability? The ILYBYGTH take.
What does Queen Betsy think went wrong? Politico describes her latest address.
- Text of the speech itself, at USDoE.
- What does it mean? Progressive critic Peter Greene takes it apart.
- Best line: “To the casual observer, a poison mushroom looks edible.”
- ILYBYGTH asks, Why aren’t progressives cheering?
The danger of homeschooling: LA finds “emaciated children chained to furniture,” at NYT.
- A horrifying exception or par for the course? Pro- and anti-homeschooling advocates debate, at AM KNX1070.
Cultural bridge or soft censorship? UMass Boston protests against Confucius Institute, at Boston Globe.
Continuing crisis at Chicago’s Moody Bible Institute:
- Christianity Today’s announcement of leadership purge.
- Julie Roys’s insider critique.
- Tim Gloege’s historical background, at RACM: Follow the money.
- More history: the “curse of the fundamentalists,” right here at ILYBYGTH.
A new Bible bill for Iowa public schools, at Des Moines Register. HT: MC
Who can still love Trump?
- One conservative describes Trump’s first year as a pleasant surprise, at WaPo.
- Newt Gingrich: As good as Reagan, at Fox.
- Trump himself: “The American Dream is real again.” At WaEx.