Kansas creationism debate mirrors historic Scopes trial
Leonard Pitts argues Kansas board of education action to drop evolution teaching echoes 1925 Scopes trial and warns religious conservatives lack faith in competing ideas. He questions literal Bible understanding and defends faith compatible with science while urging open inquiry. He notes evolution and Big Bang concepts raise existential questions about origins and afterlife.
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Kansas
Amelia Earhart
Buster Keaton
Damon Runyon
State Board of Education
Clarence Darrow
William Jennings Bryan
Tennessee
Charles Darwin
Tenet Led CIA Toward Tough Love and Reform
Washington Post associate editor David Ignatius argues George Tenet must deliver blunt leadership to revitalize Langley. Tenet shows energy and risk tolerance, hiring surges, and a firm stance against past missteps while facing a bloated bureaucracy and hard targets like Iraqi germ warfare and Iranian nuclear programs.
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CIA
On This Day August 25 1999 Historical Highlights
On this day in history several events are noted including Truman's 1950 rail takeover to avert a strike Elton John first U S performance in 1970 at the Troubadour Beirut withdrawal supervision by U S Marines in 1982 and Carl Lewis 9.86 sec world record in Tokyo in 1991 Also listed are birthday honorees such as Bret Harte Leonard Bernstein George Wallace Althea Gibson Sean Connery Rollie Fingers Anne Archer Elvis Costello and a dated quote about temperament.
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Hany S. Truman
U.S
Elton John
United States
Troubador Club
Los Angeles
Bret Harte
Leonard Bernstein
George Wallace
Althea Gibson
Sean Connery
Rollie Fingers
Anne Archer
Elvis Costalto
Carl Lewis
Tokyo
Piahhotps
Teachers blame and puzzle over classroom computer use
The piece argues teachers bear some responsibility for low in-class computer use despite widespread home computer use and large technology investments. It traces shifting expert advice since the 1980s, noting teachers face heavy workloads, tight schedules, and high accountability as they juggle five daily classes and 125 to 175 students. Larry Cuban of Stanford is cited.
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Hook and Crook
Leari
Silicon Valley
Los Angeles Unified
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The
Miami Herald
Leonard Pitts JR
Washington
Bel
George Tenet
Tenet
Central Intelligence
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Congress
Langley
Richard Helms
Helms
House Intelligence Committee
Ter Goss
John Deutch
Balkans
CTA
David Ignatius
Washington Post
Lebanon
Beirut
Doonesbury
Garry Trudeau
Wrae
Larry Cuban
Stanford University
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