Discovery Institute’s Center for Science & Culture will present a special series of conferences, Darwin vs. Design, in 2007 and 2008 exploring the growing scientific evidence that life and the universe were intelligently designed. These events in selected cities across America will feature leading scientists and philosophers who are advancing the theory of intelligent design. Check this page frequently for Read More ›
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Click here to download the official report as a PDF. Seattle — The key section of the widely-noted court decision on intelligent design issued a year ago on December 20 was copied nearly verbatim from a document written by ACLU lawyers, according to a study released today by scholars affiliated with the Discovery Institute. “Judge John Jones copied verbatim or Read More ›
If the price of oranges increases, would you expect the quantity sold to rise or fall? I expect most of you reading that question would answer, “sales would fall,” because you were either taught the law of demand or intuitively understand that when prices rise people will spend less (there are a few rare exceptions). Congress is expected to increase Read More ›
Its been almost two months since the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice cleared the AT&T/BellSouth merger with no conditions. For reasons of history and politics, the Federal Communications Commission gets to conduct an essentially redundant review of this and other telecom mergers even though it possesses little if any antitrust expertise. FCC merger proceedings, observed former House Commerce Read More ›
Darwin Strikes Back by Thomas E. Woodward Foreword by William A. Dembski Like a spy in a John Le Carré novel who has attended every crucial event in the Cold War, Tom Woodward has been ubiquitous in the unfolding culture war over intelligent design. He is the insiders’ insider. With Doubts about Darwin, he established himself as the historian of Read More ›
What started as a debate among scientists has become a full-scale public battle. In this sequel to his award-winning Doubts about Darwin, Thomas Woodward traces the struggle that has emerged as the two sides wrestle with questions of the origin of life. Woodward answers these questions and more: Who are the key players on each side, and what contributions have Read More ›
Darwin Strikes Back by Thomas E. Woodward “In their attempt to return fire in the debate against Intelligent Design, the Darwinists are mostly shooting blanks. Tom Woodward does a masterful job of dissecting weak polemic and showing how the Darwinian establishment has resorted to proof by confident assertion, genetic fallacies, and ad hominem tactics rather than genuinely engaging the arguments Read More ›
Monroe, LA – The Ouachita Parish School Board in Louisiana drew praise this week for adopting a Resolution on Teacher Academic Freedom to Teach Scientific Evidence Regarding Controversial Scientific Subjects. The policy states in part that “teachers shall be permitted to help students understand, analyze, critique and review in an objective manner the scientific strengths and weaknesses of existing scientific theories Read More ›
Have you noticed New York residents do not fear a cutoff of their natural gas supplies because of a potential political or economic dispute with Texas? But envision a scenario where the State of Texas owned all of the natural gas in that state and the distribution network to other states, and where the governor of Texas decided to ignore Read More ›