(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear Friends of NCSE,

For your summer reading pleasure: new selected content from RNCSE, a
suite of papers from the "In the light of evolution III: Two centuries
of Darwin" symposium, and the winners of Florida Citizens for
Science's cartoon contest. Plus a last-minute chance to run the rapids
with NCSE.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear Friends of NCSE,

NCSE staff have been busy recently, delivering a talk at the Evolution
2009 conference, writing for the Washington Post, and giving
interviews on two radio programs. Meanwhile, a creationist teacher
facing dismissal has sued his school district.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear Friends of NCSE,

A new resource on NCSE's website provides the details on seventeen key
legal cases in the creationism/evolution controversy. A new issue of
Evolution: Education and Outreach is available. And the text of
Science's recent interview of Eugenie C. Scott is now posted in NCSE's
website.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear Friends of NCSE,

NCSE's Eugenie C. Scott is interviewed in Science, while NCSE's Steven
Newton explains what's wrong with the new Texas state science
standards. And two antievolution bills in the Texas legislature are
now dead.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear Friends of NCSE,

The Texas Senate voted not to confirm avowed creationist Don McLeroy
in his post as chair of the Texas state board of education, and NCSE's
Eugenie C. Scott is to receive the inaugural Stephen Jay Gould Prize
from the Society for the Study of Evolution. There is a new
antievolution bill in South Carolina, but the two antievolution
resolutions in Oklahoma are dead. And Eugenie C. Scott chatted about
Ida and its relevance to teaching evolution on Culture Shocks.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear Friends of NCSE,

NCSE's Eugenie C. Scott is honored by Scientific American, while
NCSE's Joshua Rosenau reports on the mess in Texas for Seed.
Meanwhile, the antievolution bills in Alabama and Missouri are dead.
And congratulations are due to three members of NCSE honored by the
American Institute for Biological Sciences.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear Friends of NCSE,

NCSE urged the federal government to promote and protect scientific
integrity, particularly with reference to its informal education
projects. And a teacher's description of creationism as "superstitious
nonsense" was ruled to be unconstitutional by a federal court.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear Friends of NCSE,

Florida's antievolution bill is apparently dead; the winners of
Alliance for Science's third annual essay contest have been announced;
and NCSE is expanding its presence on Facebook.

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear Friends of NCSE,

A legal dispute between two creationist organizations is settled,
while the lawsuit against the University of California system is
continuing on appeal. And it's not too late to enter Florida Citizens
for Science's cartoon contest!

(by NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch)

Dear Friends of NCSE,

In the latest from Texas, the ICR filed suit over the state's decision
not to certify its graduate school.