Click here to read the article as a PDF file. (7.28 MB) Does nature provide evidence of a cosmic maker? The answer of the religious skeptic is obvious: No. An essay in Scientific American communicates this view sarcastically, poking fun at a Georgia public-school textbook sticker warning students that evolution is just a theory. Confident that neo-Darwinism provides a thoroughly Read More ›
President Bush is in India this week for the first time, a historic trip that is long overdue. Although terrorism, trade and technology will be major discussion topics with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the rise of China cannot be far from the minds of both men and their respective defense establishments. China’s rapid economic rise and military buildup pose Read More ›
Central Puget Sound One Step Closer to Joint Highway and Transit Plan When it comes to tackling transportation challenges, we at the Cascadia Center have long advocated regional cooperation. And with its rapidly rising population and worsening congestion, Central Puget Sound is especially in need of a coordinated solution—similar to what has already worked in Vancouver, B.C., Denver, and San Read More ›
Ten years ago, Washington gave us the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The law’s complex and intrusive implementation by the Federal Communications Commission and the 51 state utility commissions resulted in the $3 trillion technology crash of 2000-02 and has now plunged the U.S. to 16th in the world in residential broadband rankings. Yet for Hoosiers, hope abounds. Indiana is possibly Read More ›
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Original Article In Kansas, in recent months, there has been much discussion about the theory of evolution versus the theory of Intelligent Design. The discussion has become quite intense with the proponents of evolution claiming that Intelligent Design theorists were attempting to bring theology and philosophy into the science laboratory. Last week, in this space, I discussed the relationship between Read More ›
This article, published by Rocky Mountain News, quotes Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder: Futurist George Gilder, expected to deliver the keynote speech, could not keep a lid on his enthusiasm in a statement announcing the conference, which gets started in earnest this morning. “Colorado has become Silicon Mountain, snowcapped with software,” he was quoted as saying. The rest of Read More ›