I welcome Jason Rosenhouse to SB. But, I take issue with the way he frames the issue of politics & evolution. He states:
People like Shapiro, George Will, or Charles Krauthammer are lonely voices in the conservative wilderness, accorded about as much respect in the Republican party as pro-lifers are in the Democratic party. Every conservative politican of any prominence is anti-Darwin, and virtually every right-wing media outlet publishes anti-evolution articles on a regular basis. Indeed, as Chris Mooney documented at book length, hostility towards science is an integral part of Republican politics today.
Numbers from a Harris Poll.... Question...Format: Republican/Democrat/Independent/Conservative/Moderate/Liberal who said "No" HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM EARLIER SPECIES?...65, 44, 53, 65, 52, 37 MAN AND APES HAVE COMMON ANCESTRY?...62, 32, 47, 56, 52, 31 DARWIN'S THEORY OF EVOLUTION PROVEN BY FOSSIL EVIDENCE?...58, 40, 45, 58, 43, 35 On all these numbers Democrats and liberals do better than Republicans and ...
