The backstory on The Wedge

The Discovery Institute's Wedge document has been quite a boon to those seeking to show that their motivations are political and religious instead of scientific, though the DI has said it's not a big deal. Today, the Seattle Weekly has run a story on it, including the history of how it came to be leaked in the first place. PZ has a write-up.

More like this

Ladies and gentlemen, we have our winner of May's Robert O'Brien Trophy for the idiot of the month: Pat Boone. Yes, that Pat Boone, the has-been entertainer from the 50s turned columnist for the Worldnutdaily.
The other day, I shredded Pat Boone for mindlessly parroting the Lady Hope story.
"ubuntu" is a southern and/or eastern Bantu word ... one of those words that is found in a number of languages and that no one is quite sure of the origin of. But this does not mean that it can't be pronounced correctly.
I want to officially complain about T. Boone Pickens. What an offensive dit. I am tired of his commercials (the most recent having just been aired ...