Media Backgrounder: Texas Board of Education Actions on Evolution
This morning the Texas State Board of Education unanimously approved the first reading of new science standards for the state. There seems to be a great deal of confusion in the media about what the Board actually accomplished, and so we are putting out this backgrounder summarizing the Board’s key actions relating to evolution. In a nutshell: The Board refused Read More ›
For the viaduct, a light at the end of the tunnel
This article, published by the Puget Sound Business Journal, mentions the Cascadia Center of Discovery Institute: Quickly, a technical review session was organized by Arup Consultants, a firm with international tunneling experience, and the Cascadia Center in Seattle. The rest of the article can be found here.
Texas State Board of Education Votes To Require Students to Analyze and Evaluate Evolution
AUSTIN, TX—The Texas State Board of Education today voted to require students to analyze and evaluate common ancestry and natural selection, both key components of modern evolutionary theory. The surprising vote came after the Board failed to reinstate language in the overall science standards explicitly requiring coverage of the “strengths and weaknesses” of scientific theories. “The Texas Board of Education Read More ›
Q&A With Wesley J. Smith
This article, published by AdvanceUSA, contains an interview with Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Wesley J. Smith: Wesley J. Smith is an influential writer and commentator who has dedicated his career to preserving human dignity and educating his fellow man on the principles of bioethics and justice. He is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute and a special consultant to Read More ›
The Viaduct Decision’s Next Step: Tolling
In an interview with Ross Reynolds on KUOW-FM – MP3 audio file here – Washington Governor Chris Gregoire said it was “very likely” that tolling would be applied to the new deep bored tunnel planned to replace the seismically vulnerable Alaskan Way Viaduct on State Route 99 in Seattle. (A state rendering of the bored tunnel’s cross-section is below, right.) Read More ›
Deep-bore Tunnel Promises A Vibrant Future For Seattle’s Waterfront
This article, published by the Puget Sound Business Journal, mentions the Cascadia Center of Discovery Institute: The idea of a deep-bore tunnel has been part of the discussion for months. The Cascadia Center held an international conference on tunneling here in 2007. The rest of the article can be found here.
Where is the rabbi like Richard John Neuhaus?
The death last week of a brilliant Catholic priest and intellectual, a foremost conservative Christian leader in the United States, occasions dissatisfied reflections on the condition of Jewish religious leadership. Where is the rabbi like Richard John Neuhaus? Father Neuhaus died at 72, full of accomplishments. In the days after his passing, writers of tributes compared him to the late Read More ›
National Attention to Seattle Viaduct?
State and local executives have opted for a deep bored tunnel slightly upland from Seattle’s waterfront as a replacement for the crumbling, earthquake-threatened elevated freeway, the Alaska Way Viaduct. It will carry through-traffic on Route 99 that runs the length of the West Coast not far from the newer Interstate 5, while a waterfront boulevard will handle the downtown Seattle Read More ›
Deep-Bored Tunnel Chosen For Seattle: News Wrap-Up
On January 13, Washington Governor Chris Gregoire, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels and King County Executive Ron Sims recommended replacing the aging Alaskan Way Viaduct along Seattle’s waterfront with a deep-bored inland bypass tunnel. After nearly a decade of on and off discussion, the decision is the topic around town. Next, the state legislature will take a look at the plan. Read More ›