MARIETTA, GA — Amid the controversy over the Cobb Board of Educations proposed policy concerning evolution, a group of scientists and professors have come forward to say that not all academics are pro-Darwinism. In an open letter sent Friday to members of the Cobb school board, a professor of medicine at Emory University said he supports the boards efforts Read More ›
Original article A new primer on transportation titled “How Do We Get There From Here,” co-authored by Bruce Agnew and Bruce Chapman of Seattle’s Discovery Institute, has arrived, as does spring with more daylight hours, to shed some light on the transportation morass. This new report from the institute’s Cascadia Project is ambitious enough to tackle all the transportation dilemmas Read More ›
In recent years, scientists have mixed the DNA of a jellyfish with that of a monkey, creating a “transgenic” animal that glows in the dark. (“Transgenic” means possessing the genes of more than one type of organism.) Scientists have also inserted spider DNA into the genes of goats, creating ewes that produce milk containing spider-web silk. The goal of the Read More ›
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Original article Proposed Canadian legislation to relax marijuana laws could lead U.S. authorities to increase border scrutiny this summer, raising concerns over increasing congestion at a time when holiday traffic may be rebounding from the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and subsequent security threats. The jury seems mixed on the potential impact from the proposed looser Canadian regulations, given the intense Read More ›
SOMETHING DISTURBING is happening in the Florida elections this fall. No, not the chance that Janet Reno will be the Democratic candidate for governor. A state initiative has qualified for the ballot letting voters decide whether to grant constitutional rights to pregnant pigs. On the surface, the issue is one of animal husbandry. In the interest of industrial efficiency, and Read More ›
Check out these new titles from ARN: The Rhetoric of Charles Darwin: Interview with Professor John Angus Campbell. In this illuminating interview, John Angus Campbell breaks down Darwin’s Origin of Species chapter by chapter and reveals how Darwin was able to captivate the mind of the 19th Century intellectuals with rhetorical brilliance. Widely regarded as the world’s foremost expert on Read More ›
Original article Also see “A HOTT Idea to Add Capacity to Freeways” When the state of Washington was planning Interstate 5 through Seattle some 45 years ago, a young civic leader named Jim Ellis urged state officials to take advantage of a rare opportunity. To keep the city connected and increase transportation options, he advised building lids across the freeway Read More ›
The state House of Representatives has found a way to keep Puget Sound’s passenger-only ferries funded in the short term, Rep. Jeff Morris (D-Anacortes) told local officials and private ferry owners Thursday. The House Transportation Committee’s proposal includes cutting passenger-only service between Bremerton and Seattle but keeping the Vashon Island-Seattle route. Two new routes from Seattle to Kingston and Southworth Read More ›