Why Advocates of Intelligent Design Owe Atheist Neil deGrasse Tyson a "Thank You"

From living in Manhattan as I once did, I remember many taxi rides listening to the popular news station 1010 WINS with its slogan, "You give us 22 minutes, we'll give you the world." And they did. The producers offered a picture in miniature not only of whatever they regarded as the top stories around the globe, but of their worldview that determined what news is important and what isn't.

The same is true of Neil deGrasse Tyson's highly regarded Cosmos series, whose 13 episodes ran earlier t...