Kansas–where the science standards have been softened up for the supernatural and are now considered the worst in the nation–is getting ready for their primaries in August. To support the board members who rewrote the standards, the Discovery Institute–which promotes Intelligent Design, a k a “the progeny of creationism”–has rolled out a big campaign, “Stand Up for Science, Stand Up for Kansas.” They’re all over the place in Kansas, apparently, with ads, meetings, and other activities. This all must cost some serious coin.

Olson, a Kansas-born biologist himself, has found that the local candidates and organizations opposing the science-softening board members have been left on their own:

They are receiving NO SUPPORT from outside organizations. In spite of all