News from the front

[Bill Shear]

In an internet poll based at their website, the editors of Time Magazine
report that with more than 12,000 votes cast, respondants oppose the
teaching of evolution by almost 2 to 1.

In a survey of letters-to-the-editors columns in newspapers from cities
with populations over 100,000, letters are running 3 to 1 in support of the
Kansas School Board decision.  Looking at the editorials and editorial
cartoons of the same papers, there is near-unanimity in opposition to or
criticism of the Kansas decision.

Bill Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
(804)223-6172
FAX (804)223-6374
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