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What You Ought To Be Reading: The Devil’s Delusion

This article, published by the Chicago Tribune, contains a review of Discovery Institute Center for Science & Culture Senior Fellow David Berlinski: In “The Devil’s Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretentions” (Crown Forum, 2008), David Berlinski takes on the growing crop of smugly swashbuckling non-believers, including the likes of Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins … The rest of Read More ›

Cordon Blues: New York Is No Indicator Of Tolling’s Future

Sure, everyone called it a congestion pricing plan. But New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s ambitious proposal to charge drivers $8 to enter Manhattan below 60th Street during peak hours was more about cordon pricing, literally drawing a line around downtown. Singapore, London, and Stockholm have implemented similar plans. In contrast, the typical congestion pricing project in U.S. metro regions doesn’t Read More ›

Congestion Pricing – What It Isn’t

This article, published by The Seattle Times, mentions Matt Rosenberg of Discovery Institute: Matt Rosenberg over at Cascadia, here, has a useful post on “congestion pricing” for roads and the systems in downtown London and Singapore, which are cordon pricing. The rest of the article can be found here.

Seriously Funny

This article, published by World Magazine, mentions Discovery Institute Center for Science & Culture Senior Fellow David Berlinski: One Expelled scene shows Stein, mathematician David Berlinski (a sophisticated Paris resident), and nuclear physicist Gerald Schroeder (wearing a yarmulke), all now ID advocates, discussing the importance of freedom as they visit a remnant of the Wall. The rest of the article Read More ›

Why Stocks Stink

This article, published by Forbes, mentions Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder: In January Bret Swanson, a fellow at the Progress & Freedom Foundation, in conjunction with George Gilder, of the Discovery Institute, released a report about a dazzling future of movie downloads, Internet video and an explosion in business traffic. The rest of the article can be found here.