original article (requires subscription) A phony theory of federalism may paralyze the Federal Communications Commission’s halting movement toward deregulating the telecom industry. The battle cry of the faux federalists is “states’ rights,” which is not the first abuse of that term, or of the federalist principle. Like similar abuses, this one deserves to fail. The flashpoint is whether the FCC Read More ›
FOR RELEASE MAY 27, 2004 SEATTLE, MAY 27 – National Public Radio (NPR) is being criticized for censorship after canceling at the last minute the appearance of a high school biology teacher critical of evolution, while still allowing a pro-evolution teacher to present his views. On May 21 NPR’s Science Friday program cancelled invited guest Roger Dehart just hours before Read More ›
Imagine a club where members of the volleyball teams enjoy drinking and eating more than exercising and, as a result, are very fat and out of shape. The club decides to expand its membership to include a group of men who only recently gained their independence from abusive parents and now are working hard on bettering themselves. The newcomers wish Read More ›
SEATTLE, MAY 25 — Discovery Institute Fellow Dr. Henry F. Schaefer III, Graham Perdue Professor of Chemistry at the University of Georgia, has been elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The Academy elected 178 Fellows from 24 states and 24 Foreign Honorary Members from 13 countries, in April. Dr. Schaefer is a world-renowned scientist researching computational chemistry, Read More ›
SEATTLE, MAY 22 — Discovery Institute senior fellow Wesley J. Smith today was named by the National Journal as one of the top ten expert thinkers in bioengineering in the nation, because of his work on bioethics. According to the May 22 “Issues and Answers” issue of National Journal: “Experts are the people the politicians will call on when they Read More ›
Have you seen any of the photos of Jane Fonda and John Kerry together back when he was a war protester? Do you know which of the photos are real and which are phony? Digital technology has made it easy to create pictures that purport to show something that never was. The late-night television comedians and many Internet pranksters create Read More ›
The Scientist has reported on the publication of Dr. Stephen Meyer’s paper “The Origin of Biological Information and the Higher Taxonomic Categories” in the peer-reviewed journal Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. The Proceedings is published at the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Click here to read the full article from The Read More ›
If you ask anyone with the most casual knowledge of baseball which team won the most World Series games in the last 80 years, the Chicago Cubs or the New York Yankees, you would expect to get the right answer at least 90 percent of the time. Even diehard Cubs fans would tell you it was the Yankees because they Read More ›