stand up for REAL science

Yesterday, I wrote about how one of the new science standards adopted by the Texas State Board of Education completely tortures the English language. In my post, I said that the wording of the new standard was "awkward, needlessly repetitive, and much too lengthy." I also pointed our readers to the Discovery Institute's predictable declaration that the adoption of this muddled language was part of a "significant victory" and an improvement over the original "strengths and weaknesses" version of the standard.

Today, the Discovery Institute's Associate Director John West has apparently agreed with me about the problems with the language of the standard.

In a post about the perceived inaccuracies contained within this Wall Street Journal article, West wrote:

Unfortunately, the article omits or mangles a lot of the details. For one thing, the article doesn't mention the new critical inquiry standard requiring students to "analyze, evaluate and critique scientific explanations...including examining all sides of scientific evidence...so as to encourage critical thinking by the student."

What's with the ellipses, John?

You're not trying to hide something, are you?

Edit: fixed an errant link [7:45 pm, 03/28]