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American History is fundamental to being a good citizen and understanding our political system and culture...the kind of things we're supposed to be concerned with as conservatives on FR--not obsessing about some theory of rather limited utility to most people, even most scientists.

Besides, American history, at least the non-revisionist, pro-American variety, is one of the things disappearing from middle and high school education. Evolution and other materialistic themes are not disappearing or threatened. Far from it.

Evolution is not "basic science." Quit claiming it is.

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"American History is fundamental to being a good citizen and understanding our political system and culture not obsessing about some theory of rather limited utility to most people, even most scientists."

That's nice, but what does American history have to do with being a professor of neurosurgery? Nothing. Yet it is still important that he learn it.

Unlike American History, evolution really is the backbone of modern biology. There is no way to understand biology without it. Whether evolution comes into play in his day to day activities, which it does now that he is a professional propagandist, it is critical that doctors understand it because without it they do not understand biology.

"Evolution and other materialistic themes are not disappearing or threatened."

I recall several recent organized attempts to make evolution disappear.

"Evolution is not "basic science." Quit claiming it is."

Would you prefer the term "cornerstone of biology"?