Most religions and societies have sins and crimes of omission as well as commission.  If I lie to my brother, for example, that is a sin. But if I know the truth and I tell my brother nothing, under many circumstances that may also be a crime (think of the …

Of course evolution should be taught in schools. Evolution is a solid scientific theory based in the methods of science. Evolution is not about belief or faith. It is about what has been observed and tested. In science, theories are considered our best understanding at a particular point in time. …

Yes, teach everything, always and forever, amen! Knowledge is a good thing, censorship is beneath us as a society. I used to think people only needed to learn what I thought was important, and I was proved wrong again and again! I learned to open my mind! We cannot contain …

E.O. Wilson, no stranger to controversy, published, along with two other statistical biologists, an essay in Nature last August. The reaction to the paper must have given the decorated biologist an understanding of what Giordano Bruno must have gone through. It was swift and barbed. While no one called for …

There is so much I could say about this topic that I'm going to try to keep my answer here very brief and save something more in-depth for a full-length article. Also, I assume we're talking about biological evolution. Evolution should be taught in schools for one simple reason: Science …

UPDATE 11:45 p.m.

Council votes to table gay marriage resolution indefinitely.