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Something that concerns me is that the US is losing ground as the technology world power. There is a steady stream of news articles on this that never seem to make it to the front page, for example this article on a recent Marconi Society report. I fear the recent success that the radical fundamentalists have had in "dumbing down" science classes in the US will only accelerate the problem. See the following articles for reference:

• Is ignorance bliss?
  
• Kansas School Board Vote
  
• Dover Votes out School Board
  
• Vatican Statement on Evolution