This article by Peter Olofsson about Ann Coulter’s 2006 book Godless: The Church of Liberalism
Olofsson is a visiting associate professor in the Department of Mathematics at Tulane University. He has done research in mathematical biology and is the author of Probabilities: The Little Numbers That Rule Our Lives
In the summer of 2006, I heard that a new book called Godless presented an insightful and devastating criticism of the theory of evolution. Although I learned that its author, Ann Coulter, is not a scientist but a lawyer turned author and TV pundit, she nevertheless appeared to be an intelligent and well-educated person, so I started reading.
At first I was puzzled. There did not seem to be anything new; only tired and outdated antievolution arguments involving moths, finches, and fruit flies. But it wasn”™t until Coulter dusted off the old Piltdown man story that I suddenly realized: it was a hoax! And it was brilliant…