Yes, you have heard a lot about global warming. But the following analysis by Mary Ellen Tiffany Gilder offers some truly novel insights I strongly commend to you. Melly Gilder is a graduate student in medicine, daughter of Discovery Institute co-founder George Gilder and an experienced overseas medical missionary in South East Asia. —Bruce Chapman Click here to download the Read More ›
By all means, let’s consider doing something about television violence. But why don’t we start with the obvious? Digital set-top boxes will allow parents to buy specialty tiers of programming as well as make use of more powerful parental control technologies. Trouble is, not enough families have them. The Federal Communications Commission emphasized this fact yesterday when it issued a reportconcerning Read More ›
Featured Interview Dr. Stephen Meyer and Darwinist Dr. Michael Ruse discuss intelligent design and Darwinism on the PBS program Ben Wattenberg’s Think Tank.Think Tank Part 1: http://thinktanktv.com/media/index.php?m=243Think Tank Part 2: http://thinktanktv.com/media/index.php?m=242 Talk of the Times: Intelligent Design vs. Evolution (Seattle Times & Townhall)Fellow: Stephen MeyerApril 26, 2006Audio MP3(89.8MB)–Or Download as Two MP3sPart 1-Audio MP3(47.2MB)Part 2-Audio MP3(42.6MB) Janet Parshall’s AmericaFellow: Michael Read More ›
This article, previously published by Baptist Press, mentions Discovery Institute and the Center for Science & Culture: Strobel was joined by noted scientists Stephen Meyer, Jay Richards and Michael Behe for the “Darwin vs. Design” presentation of the Center for Science & Culture at the Discovery Institute, a Seattle-based group of researchers exploring the worldview implications of science. DALLAS (BP) Read More ›
Click here to watch the video.Click here for to listen to the audio. There is a growing debate among conservative thinkers and pundits about whether Darwinian theory helps or harms conservatism and its public policy agenda. Some have argued forcefully that Darwin’s theory provides support for conservative positions on family life, economics, bioethics, and other issues, while others have countered Read More ›
While the Jewish community is energetic about replying to perceived slurs against Jews or the State of Israel, we are remarkably passive when it comes to answering insults against our religion or our God. For example, best-selling atheist author Richard Dawkins mocks the God of the Hebrew Bible as “arguably the most unpleasant character in fiction: jealous and proud of Read More ›
Press Coverage of the SMU Controversy SMU profs protest intelligent design conference Jeffrey Weiss Dallas Morning News March 24, 2007 “Darwin vs. Design” at SMU — twaddle on both sides Jeffrey Weiss DallasNews Religion March 24, 2007 Letter to the Editor Larry Bradshaw SMU Daily Campus March 27, 2007 Letters: Intelligent design AT SMU Dallas Morning News March 28, 2007 Read More ›
Do you think the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) should be abolished? These sister organizations had their annual spring meetings in Washington this past weekend. It is obvious to everyone that both organizations are in deep trouble. The two organizations were conceived at a Bretton Woods, N.H., conference in July 1944. The IMF was given primary Read More ›
Should doctors or others be permitted to euthanize babies born with disabilities or assist the suicides of suffering people who want to die? During the first forty years of the twentieth century, fueled by the eugenics movement, the question was very much on the table. Then the Holocaust, in which euthanasia of the disabled played a central role, demonstrated the Read More ›
If “transportation futures” for Central Puget Sound were sold like stock, the market for recent years could be called a rollercoaster. And with a $16 billion regional transportation tax vote for roads and transit facing us in November, we’re about to plunge down its scariest dip. The upside of the market featured state leadership in raising taxes to begin addressing Read More ›