The Traveler

Subject matter outside of philosophical thought in public schools should be limited to what either stimulates critical intelligent thinking or reinforces proven theories and relevant hypotheses. Nine states have recently proposed legislation that could hinder science learning by introducing a form of religious teaching in public schools, strategically referred to as "intelligent-design theory," or IDT.…

There's nothing quite like blowing one's own cover. I was an expert at doing it as a child. Enraptured in a game of hide and seek, I'd find the Holy Grail of hiding spots and be in the middle of watching the want-to-be seeker walking away, his head hung in desperate defeat, when suddenly a fit of laughter, a stupefying spell of nerves, or a bout of breathy hesitation would reveal me.…