Let's Hear It for Reality-Based Science

Here is a clip from the Times story today that could signal the extinction of Intelligent Design (in the schools) as we know it. Of course, this will not stop those who would seem to require a factual basis for their religious faith, thus requiring no faith at all. They'll be back.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 14 — The Ohio Board of Education voted 11 to 4 Tuesday to toss out a mandate that 10th-grade biology classes include critical analysis of evolution and an accompanying model lesson plan, dealing the intelligent design movement its second serious defeat in two months.