Dennis Overbye: "In [Sagan's] absence, the public discourse on his favorite issues...has not fared well. The teaching of evolution in public schools has become a bitter bone of contention...and of ...
Retired Timesman William Stevens doesn't have much doubt about global warming, and even brings Hurricane Katrina into the apocalyptic picture: "The awakening has been energized largely by dramatic ...
Cornelia Dean uses a left-wing report to hit the administration: "Under its new Democratic chairman, Representative Henry A. Waxman of California, the House Committee on Oversight and Government ...