CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • Louisiana State Senators Mike Walsworth and Julie Quinn: Internet Celebrities

    Louisiana State Senator Mike Walsworth may not understand evolutionary science, but after this week, he probably has a deeper appreciation of the ways in which a news story can evolve over the course of time. Senator Walsworth, a Republican from Monroe, is probably now the most well-known member of the Louisiana legislature. Last week, in a story about Zack Kopplin, Walsworth appeared on the front page of the website io9, and today, the rest of the media appears to have caught on. MSN: Louisiana Senator Wonders, Out Loud, If E. Coli Can Evolve Into Humans Slate: And These Are The People Making…

  • An Extended, In-Depth Conversation With Zack Kopplin (Part One)

    For the first time ever, I’m posting an extended podcast interview with Zack Kopplin, my friend and, as I’ve said more than once, my “partner in crime” in exposing the sham of the Louisiana Science Education Act and Governor Bobby Jindal’s grand plans to de-fund public schools in order to prop up an untestable and unaccountable school voucher program. I’ll have more analysis later, but for now, sink your teeth (and ears) into Part One. It’s worth it. Download Part One Here

  • Zack Kopplin to Louisiana Creationists: FYYFF

    No, no, for those of you who get the reference, he didn’t actually say that, but yesterday, our own Zack Kopplin was the subject of an extraordinary frontpage article on the website io9, one of the nation’s most important and influential science and technology websites. The article, titled “How 19-year old Zack Kopplin is making life hell for Louisiana creationists,” was an exhaustively detailed account of how an English paper Zack wrote as a 14-year-old public high school student inspired and suddenly catapulted him into a nationally and internationally-known student activist. As his friend and an unpaid publicist, this is…