Disco. president Bruce Chapman wonders:
It is not clear why the number of academic freedom cases seem to be increasing. Is it because the iron hand of ideological conformity is squeezing professors more tightly? Or is it because more subjects of attack are fighting back in court?
Or is it because he's making numbers up from thin air? Might it be not clear that the number of academic freedom cases is increasing? Could Chapman's staff be ginning up meritless claims of academic freedom violations so he has things to blog about?
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Disco. Inst. honcho Bruce Chapman is upset at The Weakness at the Center of the Conservative Coalition. Shorter Bruce Chapman:
Not for the easily offended - so PZ will enjoy it ! - is the BEAST Most Loathsome People in America 2005. And who do we see at #46? Why, none other than Bruce Chapman of the DI!
I have a whole pile of science-y book reviews on two of my older blogs, here and here. Both of those blogs have now been largely superseded by or merged into this one. So I'm going to be slowly moving the relevant reviews over here.
What? Today was Roy Chapman Andrews' birthday!
Y'know, when someone claims that academic freedom complaints are becoming more common, you'd think they'd mention that their own organization runs a campaign encouraging creationists to lodge such complaints. That seems relevant somehow.
It is not clear why Chapman fails to do this. Is it because he thinks his target audience is stupid? Or is it because...actually, I don't have an alternative hypothesis.