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^{Robert C. Koons
January 1, 1993
Intelligent Design

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Faith, Probability and Infinite Passion:

_{Robert C. Koons
January 1, 1993
Intelligent Design

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^{Bruce Chapman
December 26, 1992
Citizen Leadership

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Policing political LIES

_{Bruce Chapman
December 26, 1992
Citizen Leadership

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FALSEHOODS in political advertising are widely regarded as a growing menace in our public life and a source of voter anger. So the media were busier than ever this past election season trying to referee truth in politics, while candidates issued what seemed to be unusually numerous, and fulsome, critiques of their opponents’ honesty. But was that enough? Legislators and Read More ›

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^{George Gilder
December 1, 1992
Technology

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Into the Fibersphere

_{George Gilder
December 1, 1992
Technology

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In a world of dumb terminals and telephones, networks had to be smart. But in a world of smart terminals, networks have to be dumb. Philip Hope, divisional vice president for engineering systems of EDS, has an IQ problem. His chief client and owner, General Motors, wants to interconnect thousands of 3-D graphics and computer aided engineering (CAE) workstations with Read More ›

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^{Bruce Chapman
November 25, 1992
Citizen Leadership

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Ethic Cleansing

_{Bruce Chapman
November 25, 1992
Citizen Leadership

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The Clinton honeymoon is hardly underway and the Society of Permanent Busybodies is already questioning the integrity of his Transition Committee. They want to know: How can Vernon Jordan, former head of the Urban League and co-chair of the transition, presume to give advice on presidential appointments when he serves on the board of a tobacco company? About the time Read More ›

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^{Bruce Chapman
November 4, 1992
Citizen Leadership

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Welcome to the dawn of the Age of Victimhood

_{Bruce Chapman
November 4, 1992
Citizen Leadership

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IN ONE of those "new studies" that repeatedly illuminate the medical news, we learned recently that genes may be responsible for disposing some people to smoking. This is a development beyond the hopes of America's weed addicts: Suddenly smokers are on their way from being seen as practitioners of a disagreeable vice to becoming the unfortunate victims of a genetic disorder. In America, once that kind of opinion switch is made a freshly established class of victims can start winning arguments and lawsuits. They are no longer accountable for their actions. In the Age of the Victim, society is always wrong. Some say that a nation founded on individualism is becoming a society of finger-pointing interests, each trying to score off the whole. Actually, we still believe in individualism, it's just that it's an individualism of rights, not responsibilities, and, paradoxically, those rights are now the products of group membership. For example, our tattered code of individual responsibility would have it that a chronically late employee might expect, eventually, to be fired. But, in "A Nation of Victims," a new book by Charles J. Sykes, the case is related of a Pennsylvania school employee fired for constantly arriving late at work. It seems that the worker then sued for reinstatement because his therapist said he suffered from "Chronic Lateness Syndrome." He won the case, too, though it later was lost on appeal. Read More ›

^{Phillip E. Johnson
November 1, 1992
Intelligent Design

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What Is Darwinism?

_{Phillip E. Johnson
November 1, 1992
Intelligent Design

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The debate between creationism and Darwinism is often depicted as a dispute between naive biblical literalists, who ignore the overwhelming evidence for evolution, and scientifically enlightened intellectuals. But this is a caricature that serves the purpose of helping to perpetuate a world view hostile to Christian faith: atheistic naturalism. The debate hinges on five key terms: creationism, evolution, science, religion, and truth. Instead of trying to Christianize evolution we ought instead to challenge the assumption that atheistic naturalism is true. Read More ›

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^{Lewis J. Perelman
October 31, 1992
Education

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The New Technology: Three Views

_{Lewis J. Perelman
October 31, 1992
Education

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The role of modern technology in education is precisely the same as the role of the automobile in the horse economy: replacement. In the knowledge-age economy that will endure from now right through the 21st century, learning is in and school is out. More education is not the cure to our economic doldrums. Rather, it’s one of the major causes Read More ›

^{Bruce Chapman
October 30, 1992
Uncategorized

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Is Fortune’s blessing justified? Well, yes and no

_{Bruce Chapman
October 30, 1992
Uncategorized

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Editor's note: Is Seattle really "the best city for global business in the U.S."? In the current issue of Fortune magazine, a survey of 900 business executives suggests that the answer is yes. By various criteria, Seattle ranked highest among 60 American cities. Of the top five cities on Fortune's list, Seattle surpassed Houston, San Francisco, Atlanta and New York. Discovery Institute, a Seattle-based public-policy organization, is at work on a project called "International Seattle: The Making of a Globally Competitive Community." Examining the Fortune findings in light of this area's international strengths and weaknesses, Bruce Chapman, Discovery's president, and John Hamer, senior fellow, arrived at two different - and provocative - conclusions. For the past few years the Foreign Trade Division of the U.S. Census Bureau has been compiling export trade statistics on a "state of origin" basis. We now can tell with greater accuracy which states are generating the most exports. And, since metropolitan Seattle accounts for a great bulk of state exports, we can assume that if urban area trade figures were available, we would perform even better in those. We know that the Seattle and Tacoma ports, together, are now the second largest in the United States, after Los Angeles/Long Beach. Read More ›

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^{Bruce Chapman
October 26, 1992
Citizen Leadership

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Policing Political ‘Lies’

_{Bruce Chapman
October 26, 1992
Citizen Leadership

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SEATTLE–Legislators, bureaucrats and newspapers in Washington State think they have found a way to stop political lies: They’ve passed a law and are vigorously enforcing it. Washington isn’t the first state to try this, of course: Some 13 others have passed measures to curb political lying, but all have been found unenforceable on First Amendment grounds. That’s why Washington Stat’s Read More ›

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^{Bruce Chapman
September 19, 1992
Citizen Leadership

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Save Alex Haley’s Homespun History

_{Bruce Chapman
September 19, 1992
Citizen Leadership

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There isn’t much time. Alex Haley, author of “Roots,” probably did as much for the understanding of black history, and especially black families, as any writer in any time. In fact, he inspired families of all backgrounds. When he died of a heart attack, at age 70, while in Seattle last February, it was reasonable to assume that his contributions Read More ›