links for 2009-10-08

"Don“t be misled into thinking that Louisiana is a small, hopelessly backward state, and what happens there is of no importance elsewhere. That state is being used as a testing ground for a nationwide theocratic effort to literally undo the Enlightenment. If the creationists“ schemes to reverse the progress of the last ten generations are successful in Louisiana, they“ll be deployed elsewhere. So pay attention."