You probably know by now, but you can access for free (at least for a couple of days) a whole slew of articles about evolution on the Science page of New York Times. Most are excellent, as usual (hey, it’s not the front page or some lukewarmly-pro-creationist he-said-she-said op-ed they tend to publish every now and then).
Most of the blogospheric responses are to the article by Douglas Erwin. As always, framing something as conflict sells the paper. I don’t think we are all eagerly awaiting a ‘paradigm shift’ in evolutionary biology. Much of the new thinking has been around for decades and is rapidly being absorbed into an ever-richer and ever-better scientific edifice. The best commentary comes from Larry, Greg, PZ and Jason.
Another NYT article I liked was about microbial evolution, written by my SciBling Carl Zimmer.
Finally, Jonathan is not 100% happy with the collection of quotes they put there.

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