To the Editor: Peter Singer (“A Convenient Truth,” Op-Ed, Jan. 26) supports subjecting “Ashley,” a profoundly intellectually disabled girl, to surgical and hormonal interventions to keep her small. In backing her parents’ decision, he asserts that she has value only “because her parents and siblings love her and care about her.” By denying Ashley’s equal moral worth simply for being Read More ›
The latest book in the debate over intelligent design (ID) and evolution borrows its name from the Star Wars saga: Darwin Strikes Back: Defending the Science of Intelligent Design. The author, Thomas Woodward, a rhetorician and historian of ID, wrote his prior book, the award-winning Doubts About Darwin, on the origins of the ID movement. In Darwin Strikes Back, Woodward Read More ›
Original Article I was born in Chicago, and lived there until I was 11 years old. I went back there to go to college. I love Chicago, and I love the Chicago Bears. I have been an avid Bears fan for as long as I can remember. When the Bears used to play at Wrigley Field, I went to a Read More ›
Can anything good come out of the United Nations? Actually, yes. Little noted in December, the General Assembly adopted a “Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.” If ratified by most member nations, the convention could strengthen protections for many people with disabilities. This is no trivial matter. In many countries, people with disabilities face significant, sometimes life-threatening discrimination. Read More ›
Douglas J. Futuyma, Evolutionary Biology, (3rd ed, Sinauer, 1998), pg. 653. Kenneth R Miller & Joseph Levine, Biology: The Living Science (Prentice Hall, 1998), pg. 223. Cecie Starr and Ralph Taggart, Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life, (8th ed, Wadsworth, 1998), pg. 317. Kenneth R Miller & Joseph Levine, Biology (4th ed., Prentice Hall, 1998), pg. 238. William D. Read More ›
As Jonathan Dudley pointed out in his recent column (“Evolution Sunday not so benign,” 1/24), hundreds of Christian churches across America will celebrate Darwin’s theory on Feb. 11. Why will they do this? A little background is helpful here. Evolution can mean many things. Broadly speaking, it means simply change over time, something no sane person doubts. In biblical interpretation, Read More ›
Original Article Forty years ago this month, The Seattle Times published a series of stories about Pioneer Square tavern operators who complained that they were being shaken down by the police. Local cops entrusted with preventing crime were instead engaged in it, taking payoffs in return for tolerating illegal gambling, after-hours drinking, or people simply doing business. The city was Read More ›
Steve Marshall lectures at the McNauton Fellows Lecture Series. He discusses the history of electric cars, the current technology, and where we are headed. Read More ›
Contact: Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Steve Marshall The President needs a sequel to his State of the Union address on energy issues. Although he set a goal to reduce the use of gasoline by 20% in ten years, he can do more and do it faster. What is needed is an Executive Order to jumpstart a technology that would dramatically Read More ›
Alan Mulally, Ford’s new CEO, helped lead Boeing into a new world of carbon-fiber, fuel-efficient technology with the 787 Dreamliner. In an intensely competitive global marketplace, Boeing is back on top again in sales over Airbus, which is struggling to catch up with Boeing’s fuel-efficient technologies.
Mulally now faces a similar global fuel-efficiency race in the even more competitive auto industry, where major manufacturers are predicting that they will soon make hybrid cars that will get more than 100 miles per gallon. One manufacturer predicts that average commuters might never have to fill up their gas tanks again.
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