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For example, Dr Eugenie Scott of the staunchly anticreationist National Center for Science Education (NCSE) revealed their agenda when she said: “ … I would describe myself as a humanist or a nontheist. I have found that the most effective allies for evolution are people of the faith community. One clergyman with a backward collar is worth two biologists at a school board meeting any day! … What we [such clergy and atheists] have in common is that we want to see evolution taught in the public schools … .”4

The Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor said Wednesday his Republican rival is out of sync with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's many laudable achievements — perhaps not what Democratic gubernatorial nominee Phil Angelides ached to hear. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi's news release noted state Sen. Tom McClintock, R-Thousand Oaks, voted against the landmark greenhouse-gas emissions reduction bill Schwarzenegger signed into law Wednesday. McClintock also opposed the minimum-wage increase Schwarzenegger signed Sept. 12, the Million Solar Roofs legislation Schwarzenegger signed Aug. 21, and the Los Angeles Unified School District's handover to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa signed Sept. 18, Garamendi noted. And McClintock also has...

Jul. 30, 2003 Out of step, big time, By Mark Steyn If a quagmire appears to be looming at your shoulders, might that be because you're looking at the world upside down? Timing is everything. On Tuesday - that would be Qusay Uday Tuesday - the former House Minority Leader and Democratic Presidential candidate Dick Gephardt made a speech in San Francisco and gave us the benefit of his take on Bush's war: "He chose the wrong backdrop for his photo-op," declared Mr Gephardt. "If you ask me, if he really wanted to show us the state of affairs in...