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Sovereign Wealth Fund or Not, the Fed Has Some Issues

_{Scott S. Powell
September 12, 2014}

Recently, noted Wall Street economist David Malpass suggested that the Federal Reserve “is looking like a sovereign wealth fund,” with its $4.5 trillion balance sheet of Treasury and mortgage-backed securities exposing the Fed to massive interest-rate risk while creating distortions in … » Go

Debt ceiling theater of the absurd: Column

_{Scott S. Powell
October 11, 2013}

As another debt ceiling showdown approaches in the midst of a government shutdown, people can cool their heels, knowing there will be no default. This is just one more sideshow in a “theater of the absurd” procession of impasses that include the S&P rating downgrade of U.S. debt, … » Go

A Spiritual Giant Addresses the Key Issue of Unemployment

_{Scott S. Powell
July 30, 2013}

The recently elected Pope Francis, who succeeded Benedict XVI five months ago, has taken his first trip abroad to address the World Youth Day celebration in Brazil. Francis set the tone for his trip talking to journalists aboard his plane. “The world crisis is not treating young people well … » Go

The Fiscal Cliff is a Diversion from the Real Problem

_{Scott S. Powell
December 29, 2012}

Link to Original Article The fiscal cliff is a less a crisis than a creation that diverts the attention of policymakers, the media and the public away from the big picture abyss that threatens the United States and shifts focus to the smaller and more immediate tax and spending debate associated … » Go

No More Left for Defense, Foreign Policy

_{Bruce Chapman
June 29, 2012}

It’s hard to find out what Obamacare will actually cost the national budget. It takes a sense of humor to believe it will save money, as the Administration pretends. The Congressional Budget Office does not use dynamic scoring (that is, it doesn’t figure in the changes that tax and … » Go

Sauce for the Goose

_{Stephen C. Meyer
February 15, 2011}

Judge Jones, in his Kitzmiller v. Dover opinion expressed an entrenched view common not only among members of the media and scientific establishment. But why isn’t the theory of intelligent design scientific? On what basis do critics of the theory make that claim? And is it justified?

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The NCSE, Judge Jones, and Citation Bluffs About the Origin of New Functional Genetic Information

_{Casey Luskin
March 2, 2010}

I. Introduction Not long before the beginning of the 2005 Kitzmiller v. Dover trial, then-National Center for Science Education staff member Nicholas Matzke told a reporter, “The origin of genetic information is thoroughly understood.”1 During the Dover trial, plaintiffs’ expert … » Go

Any larger philosophical implications of intelligent design, or any religious motives, beliefs, and affiliations of ID proponents, do not disqualify ID from having scientific merit

_{Casey Luskin
September 8, 2008}

“We don’t need the anti-creationists going and mixing their views on religion into their science. In fact, this is probably the surest path to disaster politically and in the courts. Anyone who wants to do this has the right to do it, but it ain’t helpful or particularly smart.”1 —Nick … » Go

Michael Shermer’s Fact-Free Attack on ‘Expelled’ Exposes Intolerance of Darwinists towards Pro-Intelligent Design Scientists

_{Casey Luskin
April 18, 2008}

Scientific American has a long history of opposing intelligent design (ID), so it comes as no surprise that they have tasked their columnist Michael Shermer with the job of attacking Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. Michael Shermer is the founder of Skeptic Magazine, who loves to boast about … » Go

Whose “War” Is It, Anyway?

_{Casey Luskin
September 15, 2006}

While intelligent design scientists and researchers see their efforts to develop the emerging theory of intelligent design as a search for objective answers, journalist Chris Mooney sees an army dedicated to destroying science itself. These mild-mannered scientists, who base their research on … » Go

Intelligent Design in Public School Science Curricula

_{David K. DeWolf, Stephen C. Meyer, Mark E. DeForrest
September 1, 1999}

A Legal Guidebook presenting the U.S. law and case histories that support the teaching of intelligent design in public school science curriculum. Teachers, administrators, and school board attorneys will benefit from the support given to teachers to use important supplemental information in the … » Go

Teaching the Controversy

_{Foundation for Thought and Ethics, David K. DeWolf and Stephen C. Meyer
June 7, 1989}

Public schools face a dilemma when they address the subject of biological origins. From the Scopes “Monkey Trial” (1925) to the Supreme Court’s opinion in Edwards v. Aguillard (1987), the teaching of biological origins has put the public schools in the awkward role of resolving … » Go

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