A New Group Blog that will put the fear of God into the ID Scam Artists

This is one of those rare moments when the blogosphere makes possible something of genuine importance and societal value: a terrific group of scientists and science educators have gotten together to start a new blog: The Panda's Thumb, devoted to defending the integrity of science and science education.

The participants include two folks well-known to readers of this blog--Ed Brayton and Paul Myers--as well as the following folks:

Wes Ellsberry of the National Center for Science Education (NCSE)
John Lynch of the Institute for Human Origins at Arizona State
John Wilkins of the Hall Institute for Medical Research in Australia
Steve Reuland of the Medical University of South Carolina
Andrea Bottaro of the University of Rochester School of Medicine
Reed Cartwright from the University of Georgia
Matt Brauer of the Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton
Richard Hoppe of Kenyon College
Jack Krebs with Kansas Citizens for Science
Nick Matzke of the NCSE

Kudos to these scientists and educators for pooling their talents and providing what will likely prove to be a crucial forum and resource for those resisting the incursions into our schools of the ignorant yahoos, the ID scam artists, and the Discovery [sic] Institute conmen.