In the 1925 Scopes trial, the American Civil Liberties Union sued to allow the teaching of Darwin’s theory of evolution in public schools. Seventy-five years later, in Kitzmiller v. Dover, the ACLU sued to prevent the teaching of an alternative to Darwin’s theory known as “Intelligent Design” — and won. Why did the ACLU turn from defending the free-speech rights Read More ›
Some members of America’s political and cultural elite have been having a tough time lately distinguishing between the political philosophy of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and that of our country’s religious conservatives. Ahmadinejad is a classic theocrat whose regime subjects his country to religious law. Can we say the same of a Christian like George W. Bush? Perhaps so, according Read More ›
Ten professors and Ph.D. graduates affiliated with the UW have entered the Darwin debate, expressing skepticism over evolutionary biology. These 10 affiliates have signed a petition called Dissent from Darwin, produced by the Seattle-based Center for Science and Culture (CSC), a division of the Discovery Institute and a promoter of intelligent design (ID) theory. The petition indicates scientists skepticism of Read More ›
A review of:The Language of GodA Scientist PresentsEvidence for Beliefby Francis S. CollinsFree Press, 304 pp., $26 Head of the Human Genome Project, Francis Collins is among the country’s foremost author ities on genetics, a staunch Darwinist, and a prominent critic of Intelligent Design. He’s also an evangelical Christian who dramatically describes the moment he accepted Jesus as his personal Read More ›
Human life is often regarded too cheaply in this world. But now in the People’s Republic of China, it may be getting quite expensive. According to a new and very chilling report issued last month by two eminent Canadian lawyers, the Chinese government may be murdering members of the Falun Gong religious sect and then selling their organs on the Read More ›
IT HAS BEEN REPEATED so often that it is now a mantra: “Embryonic stem cells offer the most promise for finding cures” for degenerative diseases and conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and spinal cord injury. But saying something ten thousand times doesn’t make it true. Indeed, the embryonic stem cell mantra has yet to be demonstrated scientifically. More than that, Read More ›
In an essay for Business Week, Mark Gimein quotes a former industry source who says, “[The telcos] do very little fundamental research and very little advanced development.” Gimein claims that the only example of innovation he could find in San Antonio (home of AT&T) is a feature which allows Homezone (the service that combines DSL with satellite TV service) to Read More ›
Note: The Seattle PI has an MP3 available to download of a conversation with the paper’s editorial board. Video of this event should be available soon from TVW. Original Article Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez brought the issue of immigration reform to Seattle on Tuesday, calling it “the domestic social issue of our time” and a challenge that can be an Read More ›