Discovery Senior Fellow Richard Rahn, a prominent economist who writes regularly in the Washington Times, will appear on the CNBC program “Kudlow & Cramer” tonight at 5 p.m., 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. Pacific. CNBC is on Comcast channel 46 in the Seattle area. To find out your local cable listings, click here.
As the military battle for Iraq comes to an end, a new battle is beginning – how to rebuild Iraq. On one side are those who believe that, by establishing the proper institutions and rules, the Iraqis will be able to rather quickly rebuild their own economy without placing a burden on U.S. taxpayers. The other side, primarily led by Read More ›
With charter schools almost a legislative reality in Washington State, don’t miss the chance to hear Discovery board member and charter school advocate Jim Spady talk about the promise of these schools for children. He will be participating in an hour-long discussion on Seattle’s KUOW 94.9 FM station on charter schools tomorrow, April 10, from 10 to 11 a.m. If Read More ›
For weeks we have been trying to figure out what the State Board of Education should do about proposed revisions to high school biology textbooks. The board will meet tomorrow and Friday to vote on a series of textbooks that activists, including some scientists, say provide inaccurate and misleading information about Darwin’s theory of evolution — a charge that, if true, Read More ›
IT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY clear that the bio-anarchists leading the charge to Brave New World want a virtually unlimited license to engage in human cloning. The proof is in the legislation they keep trying to pass. It is bad enough that in Washington, senators Orin Hatch, Republican of Utah, and Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California, have introduced the Human Cloning Read More ›
Internet search firm Google can do no wrong. It is Amazon, eBay, Reuters, and Britannica all in one. It has low-end disruptive technology, a popular primary-color brand, an advertising model that works, and profits — nine quarters in a row. It entered a cluttered space late and still cleaned up. It even writes better modern poetry than humans. For these Read More ›
Discovery Institute president Bruce Chapman will participate in a panel discussion on a special program to air on NorthWest Cable News several times this weekend. “Beyond Baghdad” airs on NWCN (Comcast channel 8) at 8 p.m. Friday the 4th, noon and 8 p.m. Saturday the 5th, and noon and 8 p.m. Sunday the 6th. For listings outside Seattle, click here. Read More ›
Recent discoveries in physics, cosmology, and biochemistry have reinvigorated the argument for design. This accessible and serious volume collects leading scholars from many sides over the debate on intelligent design to assess the concept from philosophical, theological, and scientific standpoints. Discovery Fellow William Lane Craig applies William Dembski’s explanatory filter to the question of cosmic design. Craig first observes that Read More ›
Top corrections include removal of Haeckel’s embryos and gill slits clarification OCT. 30 SEATTLE – After months of claims by Darwinists that biology textbooks don’t contain any factual errors about evolution that need to be corrected, publishers have agreed to fix a number of errors identified by Darwin’s critics. Top corrections made by publishers include the removal of bogus nineteenth Read More ›
Recent discoveries in physics, cosmology, and biochemistry have captured the public imagination and made the Design Argument – the theory that God created the world according to a specific plan – the object of renewed scientific and philosophical interest. This accessible but serious introduction to the design problem brings together new perspectives from prominent scientists and philosophers including Paul Davies, Read More ›