<H4>Intelligent Design — more reason to loathe the Smithsonian</H4>

As if Smithsonian Secretary Lawrence Small’s egregious violation of endangered species regulations, and his refusal to resign for it, aren’t enough reason for Smithsonian’s moral stock to be tanking, we now have the Smithsonian showing a Discovery Institute “documentary” for a paltry $16,000 donation like some cheap whore.

When asked whether the announcement on the Discovery Institute's Web site meant to imply that the museum supports the film and the event, (Discovery Institute President Bruce) Chapman replied:

“We are not implying in any sense that they endorsed the content, but they are co-sponsoring it, and we are delighted. We're not claiming anything more than that. They certainly didn't say, ‘We’re really warming up to intelligent design, and therefore we're going to sponsor this.’”

I repeat what I said over the Small non-resignation — the only way to get the Smithsonian’s attention is to threaten membership cancellations, or better yet, actually doing that, then letting them be on the dime.

In the wake of the Richard Sternberg fiasco over intelligent design, are folks at the Smithsonian really that clueless?