Scientists to Kansas: Drop dead

Or, to quote Eddie Vedder: It’s evolution, baby! Get the song: Do the Evolution

But in the headline of the day: Groups ban Kan. from science books (see the article in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer). At first glance, I thought: Wow! Pretty harsh comeback – eliminating the state of Kansas entirely. Then I thought about it again and it would have been far funnier if it was: “Groups ban Kan. from geography book.” Wipe them clean off the map.

Anyway, the story is about national science school curriculums and how the organizations won’t let Kansas schools use their copyrighted materials. Not nearly as exciting as the headline would have you believe… However, this is only an Inky gaffe; the article directly from the Washington Post does not have this silly headline.