 In the February 14, 1986 issue of Science, the original reporter on the macroevolutionary conference fanned the flames with another piece, one entitled “Punctuated Equilibrium is Now Old Hat” (Lewin 1986). In March, Jeffrey Levinton registered an ardent objection to Lewin’s characterization of the theory as widely accepted, as well as to PE in general (Levinton 1986). In April, Gould responded (Gould 1986), and in May, Robert Eckhardt responded to Gould’s response (Eckhard 1986). Throughout these exchanges and related ones, many interesting meta-scientific charges were laid and lobbed. Questions of “where is the evidence?” as well as accusations of dogma, religionism, revisionism, sloganeering, and vagueness abounded.