Darwin Award - Where is Peer Review When You Need It

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Warning Label on Darwin Sows Division in Suburbia

Parents in Cobb County, Ga., Clash Over Sticker in Textbooks

By Peter Whoriskey

Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, December 11, 2005; Page A03

MARIETTA, Ga. -- The evolution controversy in this comfortable Atlanta suburb began with one boy's fascination with dinosaurs.

"He was really into 'Jurassic Park,' " his mother recalled. The trouble was, "we kept reading over and over that 'millions and millions of years ago, dinosaurs roamed the earth,' " Marjorie Rogers continued. "And that's where I said, 'Hmm -- wait a second.' "

"I question. It's part of my culture," says Jeffrey Selman, a parent who sued to remove the stickers from textbooks. (By Todd Mcqueen -- Marietta Daily Journal Via Associated Press)

Like others who adhere to a literal reading of the Book of Genesis, Rogers, a lawyer, believes that Earth is several thousand years old, while most scientists, basing their estimates on the radioactive decay of rock samples, say the planet is billions of years old.

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The WaPo often looks south with an urban eye. A favorite of the Bush Administration in deterring regulation is peer review and the data quality act. Why doesn't this apply to accepting text books at the state level?