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I know what I’m about to offer can in no way be considered anything close to scientifically accurate, but I do feel that it is at worse a fair example of what is going on in many of  Florida’s school districts. … Continue reading →

The Tampa Bay Times made an interesting endorsement recently. Times recommends: Peluso for Pinellas School Board Peluso, 58, made an unfortunate misstep in August when twice in one day at public forums he professed support for teaching creationism alongside evolution, … Continue reading →

The Reports of the National Center for Science Education published a nice review of Going Ape! Evolution in the Sunshine State “Brandon Haught, formerly a Marine Corps combat correspondent and currently public information officer with the Volusia County, Florida, Sheriff’s … Continue reading →

Some interesting evolution and science related stuff in Florida news lately … John Thrasher endures testy forum at FSU College of Communication professor Andy Opel pressed Thrasher on climate change, asking him if he believed it is real. “Do you … Continue reading →

Did you know that I recently switched careers, becoming a high school biology teacher? Now you know. Daytona Beach News Journal: Former Volusia sheriff’s spokesman pursues passion into classroom Haught, 44, recently left his post as the assistant public information … Continue reading →

Florida Citizens for Science president Jonathan Smith and I enjoyed talking with the very lively and engaged crowd at Skepticamp 2014 in Tampa today. I took them on a brief time travel tour, bouncing from events in the 1920s to … Continue reading →

It’s been an insanely busy week or so for me. I’ve changed careers. Seriously. I was a spokesman for a law enforcement agency. Now I’m a biology teacher. Yes, you read that right. I had my first day of school … Continue reading →

Pinellas County school board candidate Ken Peluso was briefly on the hot seat when he said he believed that creationism and evolution should be taught together so that students could “draw their own conclusions.” He later told the Tampa Bay … Continue reading →