Creationism Afoot

A lot of science blogs have been commenting on this (including our friendly neighbor Skeptical Digest), but the Texas Education Agency's director of science curriculum, Chris Comer (pictured), has been fired most likely because she is not a supporter of teaching "intelligent design" in state science classrooms. This is a situation that's been feared ever since devout creationist Don McLeroy became chairman of the State Board of Education. The best writeup on this story so far comes from Dr. Steven Novella's NeuroLogica Blog here. If this eventually goes to trial, let's hope there's a reasonable a decision as the one that came out of the Dover trial.