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Warming a Cold Fact?

Do you think those who have reservations about whether man is creating global warming should lose their jobs and be denied the right to present their views? Over the last few months, there has been a concerted effort to silence those who have doubts about global warming and man’s effect on the climate. The Oregon State climatologist was fired for Read More ›

Faith & Terror

THE ENEMY AT HOME: THE CULTURAL LEFT AND ITS RESPONSIBILITY FOR 9/11BY DINESH D’SOUZADOUBLEDAY, 333 PAGES, $26.95 CONSERVATIVES are as deeply factionalized as any other domestic ideological group. But it’s still surprising when one of our own writes a book that manages to make him not only the scourge of the Left but hardly more popular on the Right. Such Read More ›

Economic Liberty and Islam

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 ›

Press Release: Cascadia’s Two Nation Vacation Gets Boost With Additional Train Service

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 ›

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Intelligent Design in Biology

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 ›

Discovery Institute Scientists Will Showcase Evidence Challenging Darwinism at Knoxville Conference

KNOXVILLE –— What is intelligent design and what scientific evidence supports it? Why is it so controversial? How does it differ from Darwin’s 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 ›

George Gilder on C-SPAN2 BookTV

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 ›

Deal Paves Way for Second Train to B.C.

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)

The Age of Reason?

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 ›

Successful Joint Bid Could Refloat Notion Of Cascadia

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.