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Sub-Standard Science Standards, Still

This article, published by the Florida Baptist Witness, mentions Discovery Institute: The Discovery Institute —– admittedly, a pro-Intelligent Design group —– has helpfully summarized science standards from other states and local school districts which in fact do require the inclusion of scientific criticisms of Darwinian evolution. The rest of the article can be found here.

Eastside TRailway Forum Recap

Jan. 16 and Jan. 17’s Cascadia-sponsored Eastside rail forums held in Kirkland and Snohomish, were a success by any measure. More than 70 people filled the room at both sessions, with citizens spilling over into the balcony of Angel Arms Work in Snohomish on Thursday night. News coverage was excellent, with stories in the Seattle Times (article here), and on Read More ›

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The Role of Agency in Science

Agency is the Achilles' heel of scientific materialism. If the materialist eliminates agency, he undermines the rationality of science. But agency also fails to reduce to materialistic categories. So, if we want to preserve the rationality of science and follow the evidence wherever it leads, we must conclude that agency is an irreducible causal category. And that is precisely the claim of Intelligent Design. Read More ›

Sound Transit Gives Rail Line A Boost

This article, published by The Seattle Times, quotes Discovery Institute Fellow Bruce Agnew: “We stoked a little fire here and found an audience,” said Bruce Agnew, director of the Discovery Institute’s Cascadia Center think tank, which has lobbied for a rail line. The rest of the article can be found here.

Buried WMD Scoop

This article, published by The Wall Street Journal, mentions Bruce Chapman of Discovery Institute: But as Bruce Chapman of the Discovery Institute first noticed, the most important news in the segment comes when Mr. Piro describes his conversations with Saddam about weapons of mass destruction. The rest of the article can be found here.

Dial ’08 for terrorism

The assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has brought foreign policy and security issues to the forefront, as America prepares to elect a president. Homeland security is part of the seamless web that links actions abroad to consequences at home. Above all, fears that a nuclear device will be detonated on American soil have been aroused anew by Read More ›

Estimating the Exaflood

[Listen to Podcast] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY An upsurge of technological change and a rising tide of new forms of data are working a deep transformation of the Internet’s capabilities and uses. In this third phase of Net evolution, network architectures and commercial business plans reflect the dominance of rich video and media traffic. From YouTube, IPTV, and high-definition images, to “cloud Read More ›

U.S. INTERNET TRAFFIC PROJECTED TO GROW 50-FOLD BY 2015

Washington, D.C. –— New technologies are dramatically transforming the Internet and could boost IP traffic in the United States more than 50-fold within the next decade, according to “Estimating the Exaflood: The Impact of Video and Rich Media on the Internet,” a report released today by the Discovery Institute. “Innovations like YouTube, IPTV, high-definition video and mobile phone cameras are Read More ›

Truth About Iraq WMD Uncovered, Then Covered Up Again

CBS’ Sixty Minutes devoted most of its Sunday program to one revealing story, an account of the remarkably productive seven month long interrogation of Saddam Hussein by FBI agent George Piro, an Arabic speaking American of Lebanese descent. According to the way the story was handled on the air and in the CBS online account of it, as well as Read More ›

Commuter Rail Sought For Snohomish-Bellevue Route

This article, published by the Everett Herald, mentions Discovery Institute Fellow Bruce Agnew: Despite that, momentum has built to keep the tracks in place since Proposition 1 and Sound Transit’s ambitious plan to extend light rail to much of the region failed at the polls in November, said Bruce Agnew, executive director of Cascadia Center. The rest of the article Read More ›