So keep an open mind: the evolutionary theories are themselves evolving rapidly.

“As my conclusions have lately been much misinterpreted … may I be permitted to remark that in the first edition of the work, and subsequently, I placed in a most conspicuous position … ‘I am convinced that natural selection has been the main, but not the exclusive, means of modification’. This has been of no avail. Great is the power of steady misinterpretation..”
(from Questions of Truth, p141)

Darwin’s position mostly reflects his newer naturalistic views but it also leaves open the question of whether or not God is also a source of modification. I read “2001, A Space Odyssey” and saw the movie when it was released. I also have the movie on DVD. What was the monolith? Was it God? Was it some extraterrestial civilization? The question is never answered.

> There is a lot more information in the genetic code than is likely to be produced by purely random chance, that is; mutations which are totally random followed by natural selection.

Evidence for that? No, you’re just pushing your vague creator hypothesis further down the chain. Or maybe you’re working towards the irreducible complexity argument?

If you have any confidence in your argument, take it to http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/ – and prepare for it to be dissected and dispatched. Or the other way around.

Both deeply rooted in the Republican Party.
Both conservatives.
Both liars
Both…(the list is almost infinite)

Some clarification of evolution:
Evolution is both a FACT and a THEORY.

Lifeforms change, that’s totally clear from observation of current species(the most recent one: the new strain of Pandemic Influenza 2009/AH1N1 that conservatively will, (if it hasn’t yet) cause 5 MILLON DEATHS worldwide)and the fossil record.That’s a FACT.

But what is the MECHANISM? There are various THEORIES, some disproved by evidence, some likely in the right track:

1)Lamarchism(1800s): false
2)Saltationism(1800s):false
3)Darwinism(1800s): only partially right because cannot explain variations (there were not genetics yet), so Darwin invoked Lamarchist mechanisms.
4)Neo-Darwinism (mix of Genetics + Darwin’s Theory, early 1900s): in right track, can explain evolution in small scale as observed in Nature, but has problems for the great changes(example: fish to amphibians)
5)Neutralism(since late 1900s): complement the previous one, useful for intra-species evolution as observed in Nature and in the Lab.
6)”Punctuacted Equilibrium”(since 1980s): explain better the big changes, but still struggles with the biggest steps(like cells to multicellular organisms)
7)”Developmental biology”(since late 1900s): it blames the big changes to changes in few “regulator genes” like the HOX genes. Explain better “macro”-evolution, specially if combined with the previous one.

These are the theories. Combine them in the right context, and we can began to undestand the MECHANISM of evolution, still not well understood.

My list really fit your title “evolution of evolution”.
Biology and Climate Science, both achieving astounding victories and right predictions, and facing equally defying conundrums and misteries.
This is how Science works.

And both SEVERELY MENACED BY REACTIONARY CONSERVATIVES.
This is how Ideology can destroy the works of hundreds of scientists, and ultimately(in the case of Climate Change) destroy the lifeforms that have taken billions of years of evolution to reach the current biodivesity ,in your beautiful planet and Motherland, Planet EARTH.

Or, as with climate deniers, introduce “doubt” into the theory of evolution.