"How does this crap get published in the NY Times?"
I realize the author was asking a rhetorical question, but the likely answer is illuminating.
The NYT is a statist, big-government advocate. Conservatives generally oppose big, intrusive government. To the extent that the NYT can paint conservatives as a bunch of snake-handling, knuckle-dragging, anti-science goons, the easier it will be for Hillary and other left-wing scoundrels to get elected and get their big-government programs passed.
So along comes some useful idiot like Behe, with his creationism masquarading as science nonsense, and the NYT is more than happy to publish it because it furthers the political agenda of the NYT and it's like minded friends by making conservatives look like anti-science religious fanatics who want to sneak religion into the science classroom of public schools via the back door.
And that, gentle reader, is how "this crap get published in the NY Times".... Better get used to it, because there will be much more of this coming our way.
My suggestion; useful IDiot.
Although I'm horrified that the MSM will be publicizing the madness of creationism, all the while delighting in linking it to conservatism, there may be a bright side. The creationists and the leftist MSM will both be boosting creationism.
Roger that!!!!
Ah yes, mention ID as a *possibility* (never mind the fairy tales we are allowed to teach in the name of secularism) and get sent to intellectual siberia. You have a proud ideological heritage you guys.