Will North Korea test-launch its Taepodong 2 missile? And if North Korea were to do so, what should be the U.S. response? Although earlier reports from Japan and South Korea discounted the possibility, a provocation of this magnitude is not out of step with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il’s regime. In 1998, it test-fired an earlier-generation missile, supposedly in Read More ›
This article, published by National Review, mentions Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder: The most articulate and successful advocates of tax cuts in the last thirty years — George Gilder, Jack Kemp, Ronald Reagan, Wall Street Journal editorial page editors, and Steve Forbes among them — all argued for cuts to prompt higher economic growth. The rest of the article can be Read More ›
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW what it feels like to wander into a Salvador Dali painting, try attending a conference of transhumanists. Case in point: the symposium “Human Enhancement Technologies and Human Rights” hosted May 26-28 by the Stanford Law School. Transhumanism is a radical movement emanating from the universities that seeks to enhance human capacities via technology. The ultimate Read More ›
David Klinghoffer, a senior fellow in Discovery Institute’s program on Religion and Civic Life, and a frequent writer on other topics, including evolution, is a First Place winner of the prestigious Rockower Awards for journalism excellence, it has been announced. Founded in 1980 to encourage Jewish media to improve their publications and to promote high quality journalism by Jewish writers, Read More ›
In a New England Journal of Medicine article entitled “Intelligent Judging — Evolution in the Classroom and the Courtroom,” George J. Annas lavishes the Kitzmiller decision with praise. Ironically, Mr. Annas lauds some statements by Judge Jones which others have viewed as undermining the Judge’s credibility. For instance, Mr. Annas applauds the following proclamation of judicial superiority by Judge Jones: Read More ›
Testimony of Wesley J. Smith in Opposition to Legislation of Physician-Assisted Suicide in California (AB 651)Before the Senate Judiciary Committee “Informational Hearing,” June 20, 2006 Good afternoon. My name is Wesley J. Smith. I am an author and consumer advocate. I am a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute, an attorney and consultant for the International Task Force on Euthanasia Read More ›
Assume you have just purchased a large piece of property you intend to use for agricultural and recreational purposes. You decide the best place to build your house is about a mile from the main road, and that the best place for you to build a road (driveway) to your new house site is along one of your property lines. Read More ›
“I am an ape,” Pedro Pozas, secretary-general of the Spanish Great Ape Project, declared recently. No, Pozas wasn’t commenting on his appearance. Rather, he was boosting Spanish legislation that would grant human-type rights to apes. Animals can’t comprehend the concept of rights, so why grant them such entitlements? Supporters of the legislation point to our close genetic relationship with chimpanzees, Read More ›