The Center for Science and Culture
Our nation presently is embroiled in a debate over whether educators and researchers should have academic freedom to dissent from Darwin in the classroom. One side claims there is a real scientific controversy over neo-Darwinian evolution and that students deserve to hear about both the scientific strengths and weaknesses of biological evolution. The other side, which just recently won a Read More ›
It’s not every day that a volume is published including articles by leading intelligent design (ID) proponents (and Discovery Institute fellows) like Phillip Johnson, Michael Behe, Jay Wesley Richards, and J.P. Moreland. But that’s exactly what is offered by Intelligent Design 101: Leading Experts Explain the Key Issues. Edited by legal scholar and theologian H. Wayne House, the book covers Read More ›
It’s not often that I attend private screenings, so when I was invited to see the director’s cut of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, starring our own Ben Stein, I jumped at the chance. It was shown in downtown Washington, D.C. at the Goethe Institute. I didn’t even know that such a place existed, but then downtown Washington has been rebuilt Read More ›
Florida stands on the brink of adopting science standards that call evolution “the fundamental concept underlying all of biology.” While it is good that students will learn about evolution, these standards will make for bad science education because they elevate Darwin’s theory to a dogma that cannot be questioned. Unless citizens advocate for change, Florida’s standards will follow the dogmatism Read More ›
Florida presently stands on the brink of adopting science standards that call evolution “the fundamental concept underlying all of biology.” While it is good that students will learn about evolution, these standards will make for bad science education because they elevate Darwin’s theory to a dogma that cannot be questioned. Unless citizens advocate for change, Florida’s standards will follow the Read More ›
This article, published by the Florida Baptist Witness, quotes Discovery Institute Senior Fellow John West: John West, author of “Darwin Day in America: How Our Politics and Culture Have Been Dehumanized in the Name of Science,” lectured on his book and the idea of Darwin Day at the Family Research Council Feb. 12. The rest of the article can be Read More ›
Click for PDF: Intolerance and the Politicization of Science at the Smithsonian