MrDarwin

The Washington Times gives a very favorable review (which in and of itself making me rather suspicious) to Where Darwin Meets the Bible: Creationists and Evolutionists in America by Larry A. Witham:

Evolution debate given reasoned voices (hey, I didn't write the headline)

Sure enough (although it isn't entirely clear if these quotes reflect the author's beliefs, or if the reviewer is editorializing, as he does throughout the review):

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theyeti

Judging by what's available at Amazon, including the reader reviews, it appears that the Times reviewer does not echo the language of the book. Since the Times is owned by Rev. Moon, who holds the leash of Jonathan Wells, you can bet that you won't get anything but a one-sided POV in anything related to the evolution/creation controversy. The management at the Times not only carefully controls the editorial page, they're also known to skew news copy to fit Moon's ideology.

Afterall, if the book is about the history of the ev/cre controversy, how could the author make a mistake like this:

"The opposition now includes those with strong scientific credentials..."

What does he mean, the opposition now includes those with strong scientific credentials? It always has. It's just that then as now the opposition is teeny-tiny minority, and is almost always motivated by religious and ideological precepts. Nothing's changed in that department.

theyeti

Celsus

That would be because Witham is a Washington Times reporter. Newspaper reporters' books always get favourable reviews in the own newspaper, no matter what the book says. The usual rules of editorial impartiality don't apply.

Joel