This article, published by Citizen Link, quotes Bruce Chapman of Discovery Institute: Bruce Chapman, president of the Discovery Institute, which advocates for intelligent design, said this week’s discussion is really just the beginning of a dialogue. The rest of the article can be found here.
Even though secularists assail the theory of intelligent design and have successfully managed to bar the mention of creation science in public schools, the reality is that evolution is now being taught as dogma all across our educational system. Evolution is the accepted default position and scientific objections to it are silenced and swept under the rug, not only in Read More ›
Original Article THE LOOMING TOWER: AL QAEDA AND THE ROAD TO 9/11 BY LAWRENCE WRIGHT KNOPF, 469 PAGES, $27.95 It may seem impious to nominate Lawrence Wright’s “The Looming Tower” as the perfect 9/11 book, in the same way you might hail a Michael Crichton novel as the perfect summer thriller. But I don’t know of a book that does Read More ›
OAKLAND – Alleged breakthrough research on embryonic stem cell lines is being oversold by the media to fit their ideological agenda, according to an article slated for next week’s Weekly Standard by prominent bioethicist Wesley J. Smith. “The American media too often act as advocates in the embryonic stem cell debate, rather than journalists,” says Smith. “As a result, they Read More ›
Life would be less stressful if we didnt have to make so many tough choices. For example, you love eating pizza, but you also value keeping your arteries unblocked. You must choose—though lots of us refuse to do so, the result being arteriosclerosis. Sometimes the choice is between beliefs. When it comes to Darwinian evolution and the challenge it presents Read More ›
Many in the Washington establishment were shocked Aug. 17, when the Congressional Budget Office reported a surge of “unanticipated tax receipts” that will sharply push down this year’s deficit. Those who had been proclaiming the Bush tax rate cuts would result in a big reduction in tax revenues tried to hide their disappointment. It was tough being proved wrong again Read More ›
The topic of teaching evolution in public schools continues its hold on national attention with the recent Kansas Board of Education elections. But for most of 2006, the discussion about the controversy surrounding Darwin’s theory has focused upon the intelligent design (ID) case of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School Board. Kitzmiller has become one of the most widely discussed court Read More ›
The following article quotes Senior Fellow Bret Swanson: Original Article LAFFER LAYS A ROTTEN EGG IN HIS DUFFLE BAG Arthur Laffer is a great American. But his op-ed on Fed policy in this morning’s Wall Street Journal is a mish-mash of errors, misconceptions and loopy technical analysis. It starts from the very first line. “You’d have to dig pretty far Read More ›
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 ›