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I was recently thinking about my days as a music student in Jackie McLean’s African-American Jazz Studies department at Hartt. I’m not sure why exactly. It might have something to do with recently reviewing my transcripts in the process of applying to graduate school (not for music). A great deal of the non-music education in [...]

Nearly Half of American Adults Believe God Created Human Beings Within the Last 10,000 Years

Believe it or not… Nearly 50% of American adults believe God created human beings in their present form within the last 10,000 years… I guess I’m glad at least a third are at least trying to reconcile creationism with the science that has been staring us in the face since Origin of Species was first [...]

Susie Explains Evolution

This is Susie Neunmalklug – also known as Susie Smartypants. In German, her name means “Nine Times Clever”. Susie is the character in a children’s book on Evolution by Michael Schmidt-Salomon and Helge Nyncke. See the link for more information.

Here, Susie gives us an explanation of her experience challenging her teacher Mr. Hemplemann’s explanation of [...]