A Myth Is as Good as a Mile
The assisted-suicide movement has come a long way in just a couple of decades. Consider, for example, this recent item from the San Francisco Chronicle: “Charlotte Shultz [the wife of former secretary of state George Shultz] accepted the invitation to be honorary co- chair (with Dianne Feinstein) at a Nov. 5 luncheon and program for Compassion & Choices of Northern Read More ›
In Search Of A National Transportation Plan
This article, published by Reporter Newspapers, quotes Steve Marshall of Discovery Institute: … “One of the failures of the current system is that it doesn’t link transportation policy to energy security and climate change,” said Steve Marshall from the Cascadia Center for Regional Development. “97 percent of our transportation is fueled by oil. People literally do not have a choice. Read More ›
Deepening Darwin’s Dilemma
The newly released film “Darwin’s Dilemma” argues that the geologically abrupt appearance of the major groups of animals (the “phyla”) in the Cambrian Explosion posed a serious problem for Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution (as he himself knew), and that subsequent fossil discoveries—far from solving the problem—have made it worse. In January 2009, however, the Journal of the Geological Society, Read More ›
Blown Away
Intelligent Design Film to Premiere at Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Sept. 29
Israel’s Other War
This article, published by Townhall, mentions Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder: That’s the supreme irony of George Gilder’s “Israel Test”: Religious Jews are among those who fail it. The full article can be found here.
A National Townhall on Health Care Reform
Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Wesley J. Smith was recently featured as part of a Family Research Council Town Hall on health care. Other guests included House Minority Leader John Boehner, U.S. Senator Jim DeMint, Congressman Chris Smith and several others. To listen, click here.
Gilder Book a “Unique Contribution”
This article, published by The Jerusalem Post, quotes Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder: As American economic and technology guru George Gilder puts it in his new book The Israel Test, “The test of a culture is what it accomplishes in advancing the human cause – what it creates rather than what it claims.” The rest of the article can be Read More ›