Original article Sometimes the Powers That Be and the Powers That Wannabe try to bribe you directly. More often, and far more insidiously, they buy you indirectly, by offering to “save you money.” A drug reimportation bill, which passed the House this past week and is due for consideration in the Senate, seeks to do both. This item would make Read More ›
Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit. Translation: To boldly go where no man has gone before. Go along with the authors of The Priveleged Planet, Senior Fellows Jay Richards and Guillermo Gonzalez as they boldly explore the wonder of Earth’s amazing location in the universe and why we’re extraordinarily positioned to peer into the heavens and discover its secrets. “The Read More ›
Original article While the U.S. has supplied a meager form of broadband to 20 million households (20% of the total), Korea has connected some 11 million households (73% of the Korean total) with real multimegabit pipes. While the U.S. pretends that the Internet boom was a scam and a delusion, the Koreans now run one-third of their economic transactions through Read More ›
Not only is our atmosphere transparent, but we also enjoy dark nights. Several happy coincidences, from a planet that rotates on its axis, to our location in the galaxy, to the age of the cosmos, conspire to make this possible. And those dark nights have been vital to many scientific discoveries, as we argued in The Privileged Planet.
Excerpted from page 52 of “How Do We Get There From Here,” a transportation report written and published by the Cascadia Project and Discovery Institute. Visit our website to view the entire report, or contact Holly McQueen at 206-292-0401 x120 or hollym@discovery.org if you would like to purchase a hard copy of the report. A new commercial vehicle-only corridor could Read More ›
Which group of workers contributes most to the gross domestic product? One could have a lively debate about this question. As one who is a firm believer in small and limited government, I argue that two of the most productive workers are elementary school teachers, who teach children basic reading and math skills, and honest and wise judges.It is hard Read More ›
After months of debate, the Ohio State Board of Education unanimously adopted science standards on Dec. 10 that require Ohio students to know “how scientists continue to investigate and critically analyze aspects of evolutionary theory.” Ohio thus becomes the first state to mandate that students learn not only scientific evidence that supports Darwin’s theory but also scientific evidence critical of Read More ›
Original article Kitsap Transit isn’t the only one talking up passenger-only ferries as a potential solution to Puget Sound’s transportation woes. This past year, transit thinkers from the Canadian border down to Olympia have been talk, talk, talking about how systems of small, privately run ferries would better connect the region. Recent events have inspired the chatter, such as the Read More ›
Will the new Bush economic team succeed? The short answer is yes, and here’s why. John Snow and Stephen Friedman have been brought on as Treasury Secretary and head of the National Economic Council not so much to make policy as to sell it. They have reputations as consensus builders, and for being effective advocates for their policies. Critics of Read More ›