Write to Richard himself if you want to find out. And if he was not qualified why was he an editor of the publication?
Peer review of research is central to science, and Sternberg didn't let that happen.
It was peer-reviewed.
I posted it earlier. There are several quotes along these lines with sources here.
A blog??? In any case, there is a quote from the emails, from Scott. Here it is..."On the other hand, his creationist views should not be the main focus of the criticism". And you stated this ....They were very careful to point out that any action must be solely based on his scientific work.
The rest of your non sequitur ignored.
Editors are supposed to pass articles to others who have specific expertise in the article's subject area. That's called peer review, standard in scientific publications. Sternberg didn't do that for the Meyer article. I wonder why, just for the Meyer article. Actually, that's easy. He knew it would never pass peer review, so he used his power as editor to stick it in anyway. The unanimous scientific consensus after publication was that the article was not worthy of the journal, so it's a good bet that peer review would have rejected it.
It was peer-reviewed.
Again, by whom besides Sternberg? You keep saying it was, but there's no evidence. On the contrary, we have the complaint that it was not peer reviewed. Sternberg said he was the only competent person to do it, but it wasn't even his field, and the staff had others with specific expertise to do the review.
A blog???
One that does a very good job, with quotes and sources.
On the other hand, his creationist views should not be the main focus of the criticism".
Nice cherry-picking. Read the rest from Scott. It is quite clear that she doesn't want his personal beliefs to have anything to do with the case. She wants a decision to be about his scientific work only.
You say he was persecuted because he was an IDer, yet the most anyone can show is that a bunch of his fellow scientists were pissed off to be associated with someone who would pull such stunts. Sternberg even got consideration that a non-IDer would not. You'll notice in the emails that someone even offered to sponsor him just so he wouldn't be a "martyr" to the cause.
But even with all this uproar nothing happened to him, so it's a non-issue perpetrated by the IDers to claim persecution.
Seriously, find ONE thing that was actually done to him because he is an IDer. Just one would be nice. The office shuffle and the keys were especially hilarious claims in the Expelled movie.