Editor’s Note: The following article appears in the June/July Edition of First Things. Is science really at war with religion? Pamela Winnick’s answer is a firm and worried yes. And in A Jealous God she demonstrates that this war threatens not only religion but science as wellwith the threat coming from the very people who perceive themselves to be science’s Read More ›
Original Article Mississippians can be excused for some trepidation regarding AT&T’s planned takeover of BellSouth. The last telecom mega-merger involving Mississippi was the WorldCom buyout of Sprint in 1999. The regulatory denial of that deal was a prelude to the 2000-2002 bear market. Hardest bit by that ravenous bear was the telecom sector, which suffered the double whammy of flaky Read More ›
Original Article Dr. Ben Rich of the University of California, Davis, testifies in favor of an assisted suicide bill before the state Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Wesley J. Smith, a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute who opposes the bill, sits to Rich’s left. The bill’s co-author, Assemblywoman Patty Berg, D-Eureka, can be seen in the background. Sacramento Bee/Anne Read More ›
The Associated Press has corrected the lead paragraph of its story on biology standards adopted yesterday in South Carolina. As Discovery’s public policy officer Casey Luskin reported on Evolution News & Views last night, the AP’s original story erroneously stated that the new South Carolina standards do not require the critical analysis of evolution. But as of early this morning, Read More ›
What Ann Coulter intended to say in her new book, Godless: The Church of Liberalism, has so far been drowned out by hysterical denunciations because of a lone passage where she wrote savagely about four 9/11 widows. Many people by now think the book is all about 9/11 widows. Which hasn’t stopped this magnificently unapologetic lady from launching her book straight to the Read More ›
Columbia, SC — After months of debate, today the South Carolina Education Oversight Committee unanimously ratified high school biology standards requiring students to understand why “scientists continue to investigate and critically analyze aspects of evolutionary theory.” The South Carolina State Board of Education adopted the standards unanimously last month, and submitted them to the EOC for approval. South Carolina’s new evolution standard does Read More ›
On June 12, 2006, South Carolina will likely become the fifth state to adopt science standards requiring critical analysis of evolution. Four other states whose science standards require full disclosure of the scientific evidence about evolution include New Mexico, Minnesota, Kansas, and Pennsylvania. Previously Ohio also had standards calling for critical analysis of evolution. On May 31, 2006, the South Carolina Board Read More ›
WASHINGTON DC – Discovery Institute continues to further the cause of academic freedom and critical thinking with Traipsing Into Evolution: Intelligent Design and the Kitzmiller vs. Dover Decision, a penetrating analysis of Judge Jones’ opinion in the Kitzmiller v. Dover School District case. To celebrate the publication of the book Discovery Institute is hosting a panel discussion and book party with the Read More ›
Columbia, SC – The South Carolina Education Oversight Committee (EOC) will vote Monday, June 12, on whether to give final approval to science standards for biology that require students to summarize how scientists “investigate and critically analyze aspects of evolutionary theory.” The standards were approved unanimously by the South Carolina Board of Education on May 31. Four other states (Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Read More ›
Editor’s Note: The following testimony was given by microbiologist Ralph Seelke, Ph.D., on June 7, 2006 before the Education Committee of the Michigan House of Representatives in favor of House Bill 5251. I have been asked to testify on behalf of HB5251, and I am happy to do so. Please note that my views are my own, and not those Read More ›