David K. DeWolf

David K. DeWolf is a Professor Emeritus of Law at Gonzaga School of Law in Spokane, Washington and a Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture. A graduate of Stanford University and Yale Law School, Professor DeWolf has clerked for the Honorable Stephen Bistline of the Idaho Supreme Court. He has written a briefing book for public school administrators, Teaching the Controversy: Darwinism, Design and the Public School Curriculum.

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Stephen Hawking: Off the Planet, to the Moon, in 200-500 Years

_{David K. DeWolf
June 22, 2017}

I am struck by the similarities between Hawking’s call for space exploration and the wailing and gnashing of teeth about the Paris climate accords.

Evolutionary Psychology Meets Economics 101

_{David K. DeWolf
January 17, 2012}

In an effort to show that "evolution" has vast explanatory power, David Barash refers to a survey of graduate students in public health at Harvard.

Law Professor David DeWolf on the History of the Santorum Amendment

_{David DeWolf
January 9, 2012}

On this episode of ID the Future, Casey Luskin interviews Discovery Institute Senior Fellow David DeWolf, a law professor at Gonzaga University School of Law and author of the 2009 law review article “The ‘Teach the Controversy’ Controversy” on the history of the “Santorum Amendment.”

Science Is Not a “Brooding Omnipresence in the Sky”

_{David K. DeWolf
December 6, 2011}

For a group of people who often bristle at the hint of a supernatural explanation for some phenomenon, scientists are prone to attribute to "science" powers that can only be described as supernatural.

David DeWolf on the Louisiana Academic Freedom Bill

_{David DeWolf
June 13, 2008}

On this episode of ID the Future, Robert Crowther interviews Discovery Institute senior fellow David DeWolf, a leading expert on the legalities of teaching evolution who helped shape the sample academic freedom legislation available at www.AcademicFreedomPetition.com. Dr. DeWolf explains the idea behind the academic freedom bill currently moving forward in Louisiana and what it means to teach the controversy over evolution. Should teachers have the freedom to treat Darwinism as an open and interesting question? Listen in and decide for yourself.

Decent Dissent: Seeking an Open Evolution Debate

_{David DeWolf
June 22, 2007}

In this installment of ID The Future, Gonzaga Law School professor David K. DeWolf discusses the ongoing battle between Darwinism and intelligent design as it resonates through education, politics, and recent presidential debates. DeWolf argues that, rather than unfairly framing the evolution debate or denying tenure to pro-intelligent design college professors, personal agendas should be dismissed so both sides of the issue can be critically investigated. DeWolf’s comments first appeared on June 11th in The Boston Globe.

A Discussion of the Montana Law Review’s Recent Publication of Articles about the Dover Intelligent Design Ruling

_{David DeWolf
June 20, 2007}

On this episode of ID The Future, CSC’s Casey Luskin discusses with senior fellow David DeWolf the current issue of the Montana Law Review which features a lively exchange of views about the Kitzmiller v. Dover intelligent design decision. The Kitzmiller decision isn’t wearing well even among legal scholars who are critical of intelligent design, and Irons’ article does little to seriously defend Judge Jones’ ruling.

An Interview with David DeWolf, co-author of Traipsing Into Evolution

_{David DeWolf
May 17, 2006}

This week Discovery President Bruce Chapman interviews Gonzaga law school professor, and Discovery senior fellow, David DeWolf about last year’s federal intelligent design trial, Kitzmiller vs. Dover School District. DeWolf is the co-author of the new book “Traipsing Into Evolution: Intelligent Design and the Kitzmiller v. Dover Decision” a critique of federal Judge John E. Jones’s decision in the Kitzmiller v. Dover case, the first trial to attempt to address the constitutionality of teaching intelligent design in public schools. In this concise yet comprehensive response, Discovery Institute scholars and attorneys show how Judge Jones’s Kitzmiller decision was based upon faulty reasoning, non-existent evidence, and a serious misrepresentation of the scientific theory of intelligent design.