The Idea of the (Feminized) University
Why would any self-respecting boy want to attend one of America’s increasingly feminized universities? Most of these institutions have flounced through the last forty years fashioning a fluffy pink playpen of feminist studies and agitprop “herstory,” taught amid a green goo of eco-motherism and anti-industrial phobia. They routinely showcase such trendy trumperies as The Vagina Monologues, while sacrificing thousands of Read More ›
Appeals Panel Criticizes Evolution Ruling
This article, published by the Los Angeles Times, mentions Discovery Institute Senior Fellow John G. West: Gunn’s satisfaction was echoed by John West, senior fellow at the Discovery Institute, a Seattle group that supports the concept of intelligent design. The rest of the article can be found here.
Did Judge Jones Accurately Describe the Content and Early Versions of the ID Textbook Of Pandas and People?
In his decision in the Dover intelligent design case, Judge Jones places great weight on the early intelligent design textbook Of Pandas and People published by the Foundation for Thought and Ethics (FTE). According to Judge Jones, early drafts of this textbook supposedly show that intelligent design is merely repackaged creationism. However, Judge Jones seriously misrepresents the facts about Of Pandas and People, Read More ›
Did Judge Jones Read the Evidence Submitted to Him in the Dover Trial?
It’s becoming glaringly apparent that Judge Jones was incredibly sloppy with the purported findings of “facts” in his lengthy 139-page judicial opinion. Time and again, Judge Jones makes assertions in his opinion that are unambiguously factually wrong – even though the correct information was a part of the official record before him. It is beginning to look like he didn’t Read More ›
The Telecom Reform Agenda
Listen to the audio below and FreedomWorks has posted a transcript here.
A View To A Kill
According to recent showbiz news, jailed murderer Jack Kevorkian may soon be the subject of a laudatory movie biopic. (No, it is not intended as a horror movie.) Unfortunately, this seems to be a serious project. The announced director is Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Barbara Kopple. The screenwriter is Barbara Turner (Pollock). Stars touted as potentially playing the lead include Read More ›
A Jealous God: Science’s Crusade Against Religion
Editor’s Note: The following is an audio transcript of a lecture based on Pamela R. Winnick’s book that occurred in Discovery Institute’s DC Offices on December 13, 2005
Discovery Institute Urges Federal Appeals Court to Overturn Evolution Textbook Sticker Decision
Click here for more information on the Cobb County School District v. Selman federal case. SEATTLE — A federal appeals court should overrule a lower court decision restricting the information a school district can provide students about evolution, say experts with the Discovery Institute, the nation’s leading research organization that favors teaching students the full range of scientific views relating Read More ›
Future of Conservatism: Darwin or Design?
Occasionally a social issue becomes so ubiquitous that almost everyone wants to talk about it — even well-meaning but uninformed pundits. For example, Charles Krauthammer preaches that religious conservatives should stop being so darn, well, religious, and should accept his whitewashed version of religion-friendly Darwinism.1 George Will prophesies that disagreements over Darwin could destroy the future of conservatism.2 Both agree Read More ›