In tomorrow’’s issue of Science, researchers Jamie Bridgham, Sean Carroll and Joe Thornton of the University of Oregon claim to have shown how an irreducibly complex system might have arisen by a process they call “molecular exploitation.” Their paper, “Evolution of Hormone-Receptor Complexity by Molecular Exploitation,” Science 312 (7 Apr 2006):97-101 and an accompanying commentary by Chris Adami are sure to stir lively discussion. Mike Read More ›
When I first arrived in the United States more than 20 years ago and took my first steps outside the airport, I was stunned by what unfolded before my eyes. I saw cars. Yes, automobiles. Hundreds, perhaps thousands of them. But what shocked me was not the quantity of vehicles, it was the sheer variety of them. They were red, Read More ›
Every generation has it unique ways of violating the Ten Commandments, so I suppose every generation also deserves its own Ten Commandments movie dramatizing how Moses received the two tablets of the Law. Inevitably, these also seem to reveal the ways in which the creators of those depictions fail to grasp what makes the Decalogue, as the Ten Commandments are Read More ›
Original Article Cascadia/Microsoft TransTech Forum On Future Trends in Energy, Technology and Transportation May 31-June 1 SEATTLE, May 24 /PRNewswire/ — “Energy, security and transportation as domestic and foreign policy issues make this conference very timely, and we’re fortunate to have the insights of so many distinguished leaders from the public and private sector,” said Bruce Agnew, Director of the Read More ›
Original Article If the ACLU happens to sue your small hometown and then demands $1 million dollars for their lawyers, would you call them generous and charitable? Strangely enough, that’s exactly what theyve done to the small town of Dover, Pennsylvania. Following the ACLU and Americans United for Separation of Church and State’s (AUSCS) federal trial court victory in Kitzmiller Read More ›
Original Op-Ed The Washington state Legislature told the Puget Sound region loudly and clearly last month: “Get your transportation act together!” We congratulate the Legislature on two counts: first, for its leadership in 2003 and 2005 in passing ambitious, needed revenue packages for equally ambitious transportation construction programs; and, second, for recognizing that without regional deadlines, vital regional transportation decisions Read More ›
FreedomWorks Discovery Institute Citizens Against Government Waste American Conservative Union National Taxpayers Union Competitive Enterprise Institute March 31, 2006 The Honorable Joe BartonChairman, U.S. House Energy and Commerce CommitteeRoom: 2125 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515 Dear Chairman Barton: As members of the free-market community, we, the undersigned organizations, are encouraged that the latest draft of the telecommunications legislation takes Read More ›
Any group or movement with a strongly held viewpoint inevitably has to decide how to relate to outsiders who disagree or simply don’t care. It can judge and dismiss them, or it can condescend and seek to instruct them about the dangerous error of their ways. The really radical approach, however, is to serve and to love them. This last Read More ›
Legislative Wrap-Up In a short 60-day session, the Legislature made great progress in a number of areas, including education, medical malpractice, the environment and transportation. Of particular importance to transportation, the use of biofuels became a reality and Puget Sound regional transportation set a new course. Creative Commuting Jumping in the car to run an errand or go to work Read More ›
Former Gov. Booth Gardner, a Parkinson’s disease patient, hopes to place an initiative on the 2008 ballot to legalize assisted suicide in Washington. For the sake of Washington’s most weak and vulnerable people, he should reconsider. Assisted suicide can be spun to sound reasonable in theory, but once the real-world context in which assisted suicide would be carried out is Read More ›