Click here to read the testimony of Wesley J. Smith, JD, before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Hearing: May 23rd, in Support of Strengthening the Law Against Animal Rights Terrorism Terrorism takes many forms. Recently, animal-rights terrorists have unleashed an organized campaign of violence and intimidation against animal industries and their service companies—such as banks, Read More ›
Part of the debate over the existence of God centers on questions about the possibility and “provability” of miracles. In this groundbreaking work, Dr. C. John Collins, a Discovery Institute Fellow, provides a thorough exegetical foundation for discussing God’s action in the world within the framework of biblical Christian theology. Collins begins by presenting and contrasting the options within traditional Read More ›
In the debate over immigration, “amnesty” has become something of a dirty word. Some opponents of the immigration bill being debated in the Senate assert that it would grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. Supporters claim it would do no such thing. Instead, they say, it lays out a road map by which illegal aliens can earn citizenship. Perhaps Read More ›
Testimony of Wesley J. Smith, JD, Before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Hearing: May 23rd, in Support of Strengthening the Law Against Animal Rights Terrorism “The federal government has an urgent role in protecting the proper and humane use of animals,” Smith writes in his testimony to Congress. ” Understanding why extremists in the animal Read More ›
Imagine a car that gets more than 100 miles a gallon, reduces greenhouse gases and helps free America from its reliance on foreign oil. There is growing bipartisan support and interest for just that kind of car a plug-in, flexible-fuel hybrid vehicle. And on June 1 at the Microsoft Conference Center, policymakers and the public will be able to Read More ›
Lawyer, author, and bioethicist Wesley J. Smith is scheduled to testify this Thursday at a Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights hearing on The Consequences of Legalized Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia. In his testimony, Smith will argue that there is a proper public policy role for the federal government against assisted suicide, Read More ›
This article, published by SFGate, mentions Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder: We’re paying in fuel and air pollution to power them (George Gilder projects that Internet computing will soon require as much power as the entire U.S. economy did in 2001) … The rest of the article can be found here.
Discovery Institute Fellow Henry F. (Fritz) Schaefer is one of the most distinguished physical scientists in the world. This book describes how Dr. Schaefer became a Christian as a young professor of chemistry at the University of California at Berkeley. Schaefer sees design in the universe reigning from the cosmic level to life’s history as revealed in the fossil record, Read More ›
Vatican astronomer Father George Coyne said neither Yes nor No to answer our question whether life can spring spontaneously from matter. But he left us with a cryptic maybe with these words: If it happened at least twice, then it happened many times, (National Catholic Register, April 9-15). My response is that life is a special creation introduced into our Read More ›