Public Address 08/12/05 - American Taliban

Thursday, 8 December 2005, 3:56 pm
Opinion: HARD NEWS from Russell Brown

PUBLIC ADDRESS 08/12/05 - American Taliban

American Taliban | Dec 08, 2005 11:36
Russell Brown's Hard News

Kansas university professor Paul Mirecki, who devised a course describing intelligent design as "mythology", has been tailgated then beaten by two men who made reference to his course as they dealt to him...
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