In August of 2004, news agencies began reporting on the controversy surrounding the publication of an article arguing for the theory of intelligent design in the peer-reviewed journal Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Then editor, Dr. Richard Sternberg, came under intense scrutiny and even persecution for publishing the article, written by Discovery senior fellow Dr. Stephen Meyer. The Read More ›
The old antisemitic stereotype of Jews obsessing about money has been re-energized of late in several pop-culture venues. But is this image — dare I voice a heresy — really all that antisemitic? When celebrity book editor Judith Regan was fired by her boss, Rupert Murdoch, the story went around that it was because Regan had voiced antisemitic sentiments. The Read More ›
After the catastrophic windstorm, it was only a matter of time before the utilities and their disgruntled customers started looking for someone to blame for the seemingly endless dark and cold of the power outage. Rather than look for scapegoats, we would like to propose a positive remedy that could ease the suffering in the event of a future natural Read More ›
Original Article Mississippi consumers got some good news over the New Year weekend. Ten months after AT&T first proposed the buyout of BellSouth, the state’s primary wire-line carrier, the merger received final regulatory approval. An old and proud brand but a new and improved company, the “2007” AT&T is a combination of baby bells (Southwestern Bell, Ameritech, Pacific Telesis, Southern Read More ›
This article, published by World Magazine, mentions Discovery Institute: Jones refuses to comment on a report from the ID-supporting Discovery Institute that he copied more than 90 percent of his ruling’s most critical 25-page section on whether ID constitutes legitimate science. Read the rest of the article here.
This article, published by The Portland Tribune, mentions Discovery Institute’s Cascadia Center: The conference was organized by the Cascadia Center of the Discovery Institute, a Seattle-based transportation planning think tank. The rest of the article can be found here.
The Scientist today is reporting about Smithsonian officials’ campaign of discrimination and harassment of evolutionary biologist Richard Sternberg and the Congressional recommendation of more protection for scientist’s free speech rights. In a welcome turn of events, Ted Agres reports accurately and fairly: The Congressional report, prepared by the staff of Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN), chairman of the Government Reform subcommittee Read More ›
Discovery Institute has turned the www.idthefuture.com blog site into a podcast, making it the permanent home of the popular ID The Future podcast, and redesigned the Evolution News & Views blog. The ID The Future (IDTF) podcast has garnered over 20,000 subscribers and averages over 1,000 individual listeners for each of its podcasts in its first six months online. IDTF Read More ›
Will the entire Middle East descend into chaos? On Dec. 16, David Brooks, writing in the New York Times, presented a scenario whereby the Middle East became engulfed in a series of regional wars, resulting in the fall of most of the existing states and something close to anarchy in much of the region. His column has caused considerable comment Read More ›