Interesting thoughts from Time science contributor Michael Lemonick about the denial of tenure to a professor at Iowa State University over his views on intelligent design and why the decision is justified.

The always alert Discovery Institute has let us know that Guillermo Gonzales has been denied tenure at Iowa State University. The DI is shocked--shocked!--at such a decision. Gonzales has done all sorts of serious work in astronomy, his field of expertise; obviously, this travesty is a result of Dr. Gonzales' extracurricular work on Intelligent Design.