Okay, so everyone’s looking forward to Dawkins’ appearance at UT this coming Wednesday. That will be at 7:00 PM. I suspect it will go about two hours, including Q&A. So I thought that following the talk, unless you’re all going to be a bunch of pathetic gotta-go-to-work-tomorrow candy-asses, we’d have an Atheist Experience Blog meetup …
Category Archive: local events
Feb 09 2008
Darwin Day fun tomorrow
Here in Austin, the fine folks at CFI have another little Darwin Day celebration going on tomorrow afternoon at Book People. Just like last year, there will be talks by UT professors on the subject of “The Relevance of Evolution to Our Everyday Lives,” while for the kiddies, there will be storytime and science activities …
Jan 17 2008
Creationism in Texas: “One of the worst situations that I’ve ever seen.”
Last night I attended the meeting sponsored by the tireless folks at CFI-Austin, “Will Texas Support 21st Century Science Education?” I arrived a little early and bumped into Matt Dillahunty. Soon I was glad I hadn’t walked in the door ten minutes later than I actually did. The room filled up quickly, soon swelling to …
Jan 11 2008
Next Wednesday in Austin: Chris Comer at Texas Citizens for Science meeting
From the Texas Citizens for Science website: Forthcoming Appearance: 2008 January 16 – “Will Texas Support 21st Century Science Education? A Briefing by Texas Citizens for Science” Time and Location: Wednesday evening, January 16, 7:00 p.m., Mangia Pizza-Mesa location, 8012 Mesa Drive, Austin, Texas. Maps are available here and here. There is no charge, and …
Dec 03 2007
The New York Times pitches in on the Comer firing
The Old Grey Lady has its article up on the retaliatory firing resignation of Chris Comer from the TEA, and some passages really reveal the boo-scary Orwellian atmosphere that seems to be permeating the agency under its neocon creationist leadership. Ms. Comer said that barely an hour after forwarding the e-mail message about Dr. Forrest’s …
Dec 02 2007
TEA castigated in Statesman
They didn’t pick my letter to print, but there are two very good ones in the current Austin American Statesman, as well as a surprisingly smart editorial, attacking the political retaliation against Chris Comer by the creationist-run Texas Education Association. The editorial board opines: The education agency, of course, portrays the problem as one of …
Nov 29 2007
TEA’s science curriculum director forced to resign for promoting science
This is beyond appalling. Remember the talk given here in Austin by Barbara Forrest back at the beginning of the month? It turns out that creationist sympathizers in the Texas Education Agency (rapidly becoming a grossly misnamed entity) have forced the resignation of their science curriculum director, Chris Comer, for forwarding an email promoting that …
Nov 01 2007
Friday in Austin: Barbara Forrest, Creationism’s Trojan Horse
The fine folks at CFI-Austin are sponsoring a talk tomorrow night from 7-9 p.m. by Barbara Forrest, one of the authors of Creationism’s Trojan Horse. Forrest has been active in the front lines of the ID wars, and she’ll be talking about her participation in the Dover trial as well as giving an overview of …
Oct 22 2007
Earth’s Birthday celebration
Well, not surprisingly, I was too lame to get over to Book People to join the Earth’s Birthday festivities, but it all got a fantastic write-up in the Statesman. Congrats to CFI-Austin for another successful do. I did have great fun co-hosting the TV show, though, and I’ll talk about that in my next post.
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