Castro Valley Resident Has Letter Published In NY Times
A letter from Castro Valley was published in the New York Times a couple of days ago. The letter's author is one Wesley J. Smith; a scan of his Wikipedia biography shows that he is an attorney and an expert in bioethics, with a broad publishing and research background. (Not to mention the husband of San Francisco Chronicle columnist Debra Saunders.)
Which leads to a question or three: is Mr. Smith a Castro Valley resident? Is Ms. Saunders? Returning to Wikipedia, they are not listed among our town's notable residents, but such lists are typically made up of athletes, entertainers, and rock musicians, rather than intellectuals and journalists. Your Boulevardier will leave it to the reader to decide if that's a statement on Wikipedia, on American values, or on something else.
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posted by Your Boulevardier @ 9:37 AM
4 Comments
4 Comments:
Wesley J. Smith is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute, which is one of the major "think tanks" opposed to the teaching of evolution. That is not an intellectual point of view, but rather anti-intellectual, because it goes against 150 years of scientific findings.
Very interesting - thank you for that information, Bob. Mr. Smith certainly has an interesting resume; it appears he also has worked with Ralph Nader.
According to the following web site, Wesley J. Smith "lives in Castro Valley, California with his wife, the syndicated columnist Debra Saunders." I've seen Ms. Saunders' columns for many years in the Chronicle, but never knew that she lived in Castro Valley.
http://www.encounterbooks.com/books/author/smithw/
Having read Ms. Saunder's reactionary screeds that pass for columns, I can only say how disappointing it is to find out she lives in the City of Lite. It sounds like her husband is as out of touch as she is -- how did he get published in the NY Times, a supposedly liberal newspaper?
Thank you for keeping us up to date on all things Castro Valley!
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