This article, published by the South Bend Tribune, quotes Bret Swanson of Discovery Institute: “This is all about giving Indiana citizens and businesses the communication tools they need to compete in a global economy,” said Bret T. Swanson, a senior fellow for the Discovery Institute, a pro-deregulation think tank based in Washington, D.C. The rest of the article can be Read More ›
As you read this commentary, a highly predictable scandal is developing that may embarrass leaders, including President Bush, British Prime Minister Blair, and other heads of government, severely damage the reputations, or worse, of many bureaucrats, and cost taxpayers billions. A summit meeting of the leaders of the “G8” nations (U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Russia, Japan, Italy, and Canada) was Read More ›
WHO’S in charge? That’s the question citizens ask most often in focus groups and front-porch panels on transportation. Two bills in Olympia right now address just that question. Senate Transportation Chairwoman Mary Margaret Haugen and House Transportation Chairman Ed Murray have both proposed bills that would establish study commissions to bring specific proposals back to the 2007 Legislature to consolidate Read More ›
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Hance Haney(202) 558-7083 Cable Franchise Process Should Be Eliminated –Franchising Harms Consumers and U.S. Competitiveness WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Discovery Institute’s Technology & Democracy Project has urged the Federal Communications Commission to reform local regulation of cable services, which imposes unnecessary costs and delays on both incumbent cable operators and new entrants. “The U.S. lags behind Read More ›
Press Release Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-IN) today signed the nation’s most comprehensive telecommunications form legislation, according to the bill’s chief sponsor, State Senator Brandt Hershman (R-Wheatfield). Sen. Hershman’s press release quotes Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Bret Swanson.
1. What is “statewide video franchising”? Statewide video franchising creates quick, one-stop-shopping for companies that want to build new broadband networks in Indiana. It simplifies a currently fragmented and inefficient system by moving video licensing authority from hundreds of Indiana cities, towns, and counties to the state. In the 1960s, 70s, and early 80s, cities and towns granted franchises to companies who Read More ›
With the publication of Darwin on Trial in 1991, Cal Berkeley legal scholar Phillip Johnson became the leading figure in the intelligent design movement. Exposing and calling into question the philosophical foundations of Darwinism, Johnson led the charge against this largely unquestioned philosophy of materialistic reductionism and its purported basis in scientific research. This book reviews and celebrates the life and thought Read More ›
This article, published by Agape Press, mentions Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Wesley Smith: Wesley Smith, a senior fellow with the Discovery Institute, says an oath taken by new doctors for centuries is being watered down to allow for more open interpretation. The rest of the article can be found here.