Militant atheism is on the rise. Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens have dominated bestseller lists with books denigrating religious belief as dangerous foolishness. And these authors are merely the leading edge of a far larger movement–one that now includes much of the scientific community. “The attack on traditional religious thought,” writes David Berlinski in The Devil’s Delusion, “marks Read More ›
In a controversial new book, David Berlinski tears apart the facade of scientific overconfidence. When it comes to some of life’s most profound questions — the origins of life, of matter, of the universe itself — does modern science already have everything all figured out? Many scientists would like us to think they are mere steps away from solving all Read More ›
Seattle, Wash. (Jan. 28, 2010)—Three leading advocacy organizations in Washington State hailed White House announcements granting Washington State $590 million to further develop intercity passenger rail along the Cascades Corridor between Seattle, Wash., and Portland, Ore. Bruce Agnew, director of Cascadia Center of Discovery Institute said, “Washington fared well because the state’s grant was superb, and our partners in Washington, Read More ›
In 1992, Jack Kevorkian proposed establishing a pilot program of euthanasia clinics, which, he argued in the Journal of Forensic Pathology, would be staffed by physician-killers, permitted legally to painlessly terminate patients who request it. At the time, euthanasia clinics were considered either a far kook fringe idea, or perhaps, a splendid fictional image reserved for dystopian science fiction. No longer. Read More ›
Seattle – “Darwin’s attempt to explain the origins of all the magnificent species in the living world in terms of the struggle for survival is easily the dumbest idea ever taken seriously by science,” writes Dr. Granville Sewell, in his new book In the Beginning and Other Essays on Intelligent Design published by Discovery Institute Press. What do you get Read More ›
This article, published by the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, quotes Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder: The Gilder view is, “I always say don’t solve problems. When you solve problems you end up feeding your failures, starving your strengths and creating a costly mediocrity. Don’t solve problems. Pursue opportunities.” The rest of the article can be found here.
“The very people who deny human exceptionalism in the animal rights movement are asking us to engage in hyper-duties towards animals which would be an act of exceptionalism,” says Wesley J. Smith, author of A Rat Is a Pig Is a Dog Is a Boy: The Human Cost of the Animal Rights Movement. Senior Fellow Wesley J. Smith was interviewed by National Review’s John Read More ›
In his Tucson speech at the memorial service for the victims of the horrific shooting attack by a mentally deranged man, President Obama stated that while lack of civility in America’s political discourse did not motivate the shooter, public discourse would be improved were more civility shown by participants in the debate. Liberals instantly blamed the right’s “incivility” for the Read More ›
Signature in the Cell author Stephen Meyer debates Oxford University chemist and “new atheist” Peter Atkins on Premier Radio UK. The program is in conjunction with the release of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, which is coming out on DVD in the UK just this month.