Original Article DOHA, Qatar. Is there something inherent in Islam that has resulted in most Muslims living in poor countries, with the exception of the relatively few who live in the oil rich states? This was just one of the questions a group of American and Islamic scholars and experts were trying to answer in Doha, Qatar, last week. Qatar Read More ›
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEATTLE, Wash. The Cascadia Center for Regional Development applauded the announcement from British Columbia Transport Minister Kevin Falcon to provide $4.5 million in provincial funding for an infrastructure project that will bring a second daily Amtrak passenger train between Seattle and Vancouver (see attached release). Since 1994, when former Congressman Al Swift’s leadership helped renew passenger rail Read More ›
The individuals who make up the Intelligent Design Movement (IDM) came together in the aftermath of the publication of my book Darwin on Trial (Regnery 1991, IVP 1993). The defining purpose of the IDM is to advance the argument that neo-Darwinism has failed to explain the origin of the highly complex information systems and structures of living organisms, from the Read More ›
KNOXVILLE — What is intelligent design and what scientific evidence supports it? Why is it so controversial? How does it differ from Darwins theory of evolution? Is there a purpose to the universe? What new scientific facts are turning evolutionary theories upside down? This one-day conference will answer these and other intriguing questions. The emerging scientific theory of intelligent design Read More ›
In the following C-SPAN2 BookTV presentation, Discovery Institute Senior Fellow, George Gilder, interviews author John Naisbitt. The program is approximately one hour long. BookTV program page here, watch the program streaming on the C-SPAN2 site (Real Player required). Description: John Naisbitt’s first book, “Megatrends,” predicted future developments in the economy, business, government, technology, and social systems. The book sold nine Read More ›
This article, published by The Seattle Times, quotes Discovery Institute Fellow Bruce Agnew: “Hopefully, we can get up to four trains by 2012,” said Bruce Agnew of the Seattle-based Discovery Institute’s Cascadia Center, a longtime advocate for regional rail connections. The rest of the article can be found here. (scroll down for article)
Do you believe only those who consent through their elected representatives should be taxed? Do you think it improper for government to push tax rates so high tax revenues decline, because people aren’t willing to work, save and invest as much as before? Do you think it is improper for government to make someone else, such as an employer or Read More ›
This article, published by The Vancouver Sun, quotes Discovery Institute Fellow Bruce Agnew: A Vancouver-Seattle Olympics could give Cascadia a renewed buzz, says Bruce Agnew, director of the Seattle-based Discovery Institute’s Cascadia Center. The rest of the article can be found here.
Addictions come in numerous varieties: drugs, alcohol, food, sex. How about fear? Many Americans seem almost addicted to the feeling of being afraid, whether of the apocalypse or the common cold. You see evidence of this in the way the news media serve up terrors to their customers. In comments trumpeted around the world, astrophysicist Stephen Hawking recently warned, “Life Read More ›
An intimidatingly learned colleague has written to a few friends to deplore the latest bulletin on Senator John McCain, who is of course running for president. The news is that McCain has agreed to speak at a luncheon hosted by the Discovery Institute in Seattle. What offends my friend is that the think tank in question supports the concept of Read More ›