Checking out creationism

Today, nine out of ten adult Americans are "scientifically illiterate"; half of them reject outright the very thought of human evolution; and in some US states almost half of biology teachers favour the introduction of creationism in high schools. [...]I regret to report, Ecker's compendium failed my preliminary test for any dictionary of science - which is to examine the entry for "homology". Blame should rightly go to those scientists whose carelessness with the English language has provided creationism with so much of its ammunition.