Was Darwin racist? My long ago answer

A cartoon of Charles Darwin and the crew of the HMS Beagle – believed to be the only image of the great naturalist on the voyage that inspired his theory of evolution – auctioned by Sotheby's in December, 2015, for 52,500The watercolour, painted while the Beagle was anchored off the … Continue reading →

Happy birthday Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln!

Is it an unprecedented coincidence? 211 years ago today, just minutes (probably hours) apart according to unconfirmed accounts, Abraham Lincoln was born in a rude log cabin on Nolin Creek, in Kentucky, and Charles Darwin was born into a wealthy family at his family’s home in … Continue reading →

Happy birthday, Abe and Charles!

On this day in 1809, just a few hours apart, Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln were born. What are the odds of historic coincidences like that? Lincoln's birthday is still listed in law as a date to fly the U.S. flag, though we've changed the celebration to the following week and the generic … Continue reading →

December 27, Great Beginnings Day 2017: Darwin, Apollo, and more

December 27 is one of those days -- many of us are off work, but it's after Boxing Day, and it's not yet on to New Year's Eve or Day. We should have celebrated, maybe. It's the end of the year, and yet it is also a day of great beginnings. We should celebrate December 27 as a day of portent: … Continue reading →

Remembering Darwin’s death, April 19, 1882, and his legacy in 2016

This is an encore post. We shouldn't pass April 19 -- a day marked by significant historic events through the past couple hundred years -- without remembering that it is also the anniversary of the death of Darwin. Immortality? Regardless Darwin's religious beliefs (I'll argue he … Continue reading →

Ed Darrell

Retired teacher of law, economics, history, AP government, psychology and science. Former speechwriter, press guy and legislative aide in U.S. Senate. Former Department of Education. Former airline real estate, telecom towers, Big 6 (that old!) consultant. Lab and field research in air pollution control. My blog, Millard Fillmore's Bathtub, is a continuing experiment to test how to use blogs to improve and speed up learning processes for students, perhaps by making some of the courses actually interesting. It is a blog for teachers, to see if we can use blogs. It is for people interested in social studies and social studies education, to see if we can learn to get it right. It's a blog for science fans, to promote good science and good science policy. It's a blog for people interested in good government and how to achieve it. BS in Mass Communication, University of Utah Graduate study in Rhetoric and Speech Communication, University of Arizona JD from the National Law Center, George Washington University

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