Intelligent Design

[Editor’s Note: This article combines adapted versions of 10 posts on Evolution News and Views which responded to Dr. Forrest’s piece. The originals may be seen here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10.] Part 1: Introduction Barbara Forrest is a philosopher and was an expert witness Read More ›

Atheist-turned-Christian Lee Strobel, the former award-winning legal editor of The Chicago Tribune, is the best-selling author of nearly twenty books that have sold a combined ten million copies. Described by the Washington Post as “one of the evangelical community’s most popular apologists,” Lee shared the Christian Book of the Year award in 2005 and has won Gold Medallions for The Read More ›

In August of 2004, news agencies began reporting on the controversy surrounding the publication of an article arguing for the theory of intelligent design in the peer-reviewed journal Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Then editor, Dr. Richard Sternberg, came under intense scrutiny and even persecution for publishing the article, written by Discovery senior fellow Dr. Stephen Meyer. The Read More ›

This article, published by World Magazine, mentions Discovery Institute: Jones refuses to comment on a report from the ID-supporting Discovery Institute that he copied more than 90 percent of his ruling’s most critical 25-page section on whether ID constitutes legitimate science. Read the rest of the article here.

The Scientist today is reporting about Smithsonian officials’ campaign of discrimination and harassment of evolutionary biologist Richard Sternberg and the Congressional recommendation of more protection for scientist’s free speech rights. In a welcome turn of events, Ted Agres reports accurately and fairly: The Congressional report, prepared by the staff of Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN), chairman of the Government Reform subcommittee Read More ›

Discovery Institute has turned the www.idthefuture.com blog site into a podcast, making it the permanent home of the popular ID The Future podcast, and redesigned the Evolution News & Views blog. The ID The Future (IDTF) podcast has garnered over 20,000 subscribers and averages over 1,000 individual listeners for each of its podcasts in its first six months online. IDTF Read More ›

SEATTLE–The demotion of a well-published evolutionary biologist critical of Darwinian evolution has been found to be religiously and politically motivated, according to a new government report. The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform released a staff report titled, “Intolerance and the Politicization of Science at the Smithsonian: Smithsonian’s Top Officials Permit the Demotion and Harassment of Scientist Skeptical Read More ›

The letter against intelligent design [in reference to “Ultimate Questions,” Summer 2006] signed by 49 U.Va. science faculty is revealing: not only do they oppose ID due to a false characterization of the theory, but they repeat false claims that there are no pro-ID, peer-reviewed science publications. The faculty wrongly define ID as saying, “The less we know, the greater Read More ›

The egregious case of copying text from plaintiffs’ attorneys by federal judge John Jones has drawn additional criticism from legal scholars who explain that such copying should be scrutinized and carefully examined. For More Information: A Comparison of Judge Jones’ Opinion in Kitzmiller v. Dover with Plaintiffs’ Proposed “Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law” “Masterful” Federal Ruling on Intelligent Read More ›