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Strangling Deregulation

Before the Federal Communications CommissionWashington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Petition To Establish ProceduralRequirements To Govern Proceedings forForbearance Under Section 10 of theCommunications Act of 1934, as Amended   ))))) WC Docket No. 07-267 COMMENTS OF HANCE HANEYDIRECTOR & SENIOR FELLOW – TECHNOLOGY & DEMOCRACY PROJECTDISCOVERY INSTITUTE The Petition filed by Covad Communications Group, NuVox Communications, XO Communications, LLC, Cavalier Read More ›

Regulation Inflates Broadband Prices

Before theFederal Communications CommissionWashington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter ofImplementation of Section 224 of the Act;Amendment of the Commission’s Rules andPolicies Governing Pole Attachments ))))))) WC Docket No. 07-245RM-11293RM-11303 COMMENTS OF HANCE HANEYDIRECTOR & SENIOR FELLOW – TECHNOLOGY & DEMOCRACY PROJECTDISCOVERY INSTITUTEThe Commission is obviously on solid ground with its tentative conclusion that the “critical need to create even-handed treatment Read More ›

Bill Buckley’s Religion, And My Own

Were it not for William F. Buckley Jr., who died last week, a Roman Catholic with profound and very public Christian convictions, it seems doubtful that I would be a Jew today. Does this sound unlikely? Recently I was complaining to my wife, Nika, about a habit among some of our fellow Orthodox Jews, who talk about what rabbi “mekareved” Read More ›

Academic freedom and evolution

Our nation presently is embroiled in a debate over whether educators and researchers should have academic freedom to dissent from Darwin in the classroom. One side claims there is a real scientific controversy over neo-Darwinian evolution and that students deserve to hear about both the scientific strengths and weaknesses of biological evolution. The other side, which just recently won a Read More ›

Liberalism’s Troubled Search for Equality

In Liberalism’s Troubled Search for Equality , Robert P. Jones takes the measure of contemporary assisted-suicide advocacy through a distinctly liberal lens. He has impeccable credentials for this task: He is the director and senior fellow at the progressive think tank Center for American Values in Public Life, given birth by the progressive political-advocacy group People for the American Way. Read More ›

Intelligent Design 101: Leading Experts Explain the Key Issues

It’s not every day that a volume is published including articles by leading intelligent design (ID) proponents (and Discovery Institute fellows) like Phillip Johnson, Michael Behe, Jay Wesley Richards, and J.P. Moreland. But that’s exactly what is offered by Intelligent Design 101: Leading Experts Explain the Key Issues. Edited by legal scholar and theologian H. Wayne House, the book covers Read More ›

The Critical Path of Fiberspeed Connectivity: Flexible Vs. Fixed Silicon Solution

Who will be the crucial suppliers of the critical path components that can complete the fiber system? With the unexpected upsurge in fiber in the local loop and the efflorescence of video traffic on it, pressure continues to rise at the core.

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Evolving Organic Pattern
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Evolution’s Glass Ceiling

Welcome to the underground world of Darwin-doubting scientists, who say they fear for their professional future. The challenges faced by these academic nonconformists have implications that go far beyond the faculty lounge. Read More ›