A legal battle is currently raging over whether it is constitutional to teach the theory of intelligent design (ID) in public school science classrooms. The controversy started when the school board in Dover, Pennsylvania, required science teachers to read a 4-paragraph disclaimer that mentions intelligent design as an alternative to Darwinian evolutionary theory as an explanation for biological origins. Within Read More ›
The mergers of SBC-AT&T and Verizon-MCI will benefit everyone by creating cost savings from increased operational efficiencies. Although the telecom marketplace will never look the same, one thing that unfortunately hasn’t changed in telecom is a culture of reliance on regulation. Competitors like Cbeyond, Eshelon, Level 3, NuVox, Qwest, SAVVIS, TDS Metrocom and XO, argued that the sky will fall Read More ›
Original Article When professors go outside their subject areas, the results are usually not pretty. Take the case of philosophy professor Barbara Forrest, called on to challenge the scientific theory of intelligent design in fora academic and legal. Seventy thousand Australian scientists signed a letter saying that intelligent design is not a science, Dr. Forrest told an audience at a Read More ›
This article, published by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, mentions Discovery Institute: As Discovery Institute constitutional attorney Casey Luskin told me, ID is constitutional because, “It does not identify the design agent as supernatural. To do so would go beyond the bounds of what science can learn using the scientific method … “ The rest of the article can be found here.
STRASBOURG, France. Is it a sensible idea to move the site of government every three weeks? This is precisely what the European Union does every month, since much of its government moves back and forth — with great wagon trains of trucks carrying government papers (and the luggage of the European parliamentarians) — between this picturesque city in the Rhine Read More ›
This article, published by The Morning Call, mentions Discovery Institute “The judge could deal with this case without dealing with the bigger question, “Is it constitutional to teach intelligent design?’ ” said Casey Luskin, a public policy and legal affairs officer for the Discovery Institute in Seattle, which has filed a brief in the Dover trial supporting the school board. Read More ›
This article, published by The Chicago Tribune, mentions Discovery Institute The prime engine propelling the dissemination of ID is the Discovery Institute, a Seattle think tank … The rest of the article can be found here.
Few realize that if Seattle chooses the aerial alternative to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct, it would have to be 50 percent larger and 7 feet higher than today’s structure. Federal standards for safety require it. Also, it would not carry any more traffic than it does now or did when the current elevated roadway was built in the Read More ›
Predictably, the mainstream media is talking up the “milestone” of the 2,000th American military death in Iraq to portray the struggle as a useless, costly quagmire. According to Iraq Coalition Casualty Count, the total number of American military deaths in Iraq, including non-battle deaths, now stands at 2002 in approximately 32 months of combat from March 2003 to October 2005. Read More ›
School Officials Must Answer in Court for Alleged Religious Discrimination Sacramento, CA – In an important legal victory for citizens seeking to improve how evolution is taught in public schools, a federal judge has ruled that California citizens have a Constitutional right under the First Amendment to put proposed evolution policies on the agenda of local school board meetings for Read More ›