Mamma mia! I thought this only happened in idiotic American school systems, but now Italy is planning to eliminate the teaching of evolution in its secondary schools. Italian children, argues Moratti [Minister of education, universities, and research], would not understand such a complex subject at that age. She added that evolutionary biology will be taught …

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I used to live in Japan, not just on the Navy base where I was stationed but “on the economy,” as we used to say. However, it didn’t help me understand the culture very well. Remember those three Japanese citizens who were held hostage in Iraq? They are not exactly being lionized in their home …

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