General interest:

There is information at the Texas Freedom Network

Note especially the survey of Texas scientists.

Local interest:

Asbury United Methodist Church is hosting a free showing of a movie, this Friday night, related to science and the schools.

“Kansas vs. Darwin”
Friday December 5, 2008 7:00-9:00 PM
Asbury Methodist Church Fellowship Hall
Cherrywood & 38 1/2 St. [more]

So I finally got the scoop about the impact of the election cycle from my colleague Paul Murray, an exploration geophysicist at the Bureau of Economic Geology.

Essentially nothing happened in the election. The Texas Board of Education is status quo, split 7 modestly liberal Democrats, 7 fundamentalists and one conservative not entirely fundamentalist. [more]