O'Reilly on Evolution and What Counts as Science

Not long ago, I suggested that one issue for which intelligent grass roots action is urgently needed is the teaching of evolution in public schools. Perhaps you thought this was going to be a small issue, limited in scope to a few backwards districts in red states. But it is not, it is a national issue, as confirmed by Bill O' Reilly's recent interest in the topic.

The important thing to notice is that there are really two issues involved in the debate, and in O'Reilly's verbal sewage. One is the separation of church and state. The second--if the first is not important enough for you--is who controls what counts as truth. It comes as no surprise to anyone that O'Reilly is willing to fabricate facts. But I think this is really just another indicator of the current regime's willingness to ignore and openly mock science, and experts of all sorts in general.