Critics Want More Facts, While Darwinists Push Their Faith
Osama bin Luddite
Tragedy purges the mind of trivia. Perhaps the horror of a new Black September can rescue our culture from its thrall of humorless TV Conditry. From gossip about the moral codes of mayors and actors. From the search for the combination to the loony bin of politicians and economists who believe in the lockbox for Social Security. Instead, we can Read More ›
Missing Link
A note from Discovery: We are pleased to see the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Ohio’s largest newspaper, endorsing the “Teach the Controversy” approach regarding Darwinian theory. This is a step forward for academic freedom, critical thinking and science itself. Though a given theory may survive by censoring its critics, science itself may not. We commend the Plain Dealer for recognizing this Read More ›
Amtrak Has Failed, But What Comes Next?
The quick, pragmatic answer is the national passenger snail service known as Amtrak cannot be allowed to collapse. That means the railway should receive the short-term financing needed to keep it alive through October and into next year. Clearly, however, the three-decades-old Amtrak is a failure as it is now configured. Last week, the Bush administration proposed shifting more of Read More ›
Fatuous Filmmaking
To put the upcoming seven-part PBS series Evolution in perspective, think fat. Dietary fat. For decades folks in white coats have confidently assured the public that shunning fatty foods — bacon and eggs, butter, steak — would make for longer, healthier lives. Well, guess what? In The Soft Science of Dietary Fat, published in the March 30 issue of the Read More ›
Darwin’s Public Defenders
Poll: Teach More Than Evolution
Move over, Darwin. Most Ohioans think the long-standing scientific theory that life evolved by natural processes – a mainstay of high school lessons for decades – ought to share classroom space with an upstart concept that a supernatural designer guided human development. A clear majority of the state’s residents – 59 percent – favor teaching evolution in tandem with intelligent Read More ›
Socializing Broadband
PBS’ “Evolution” generates a debate
Larry Witham discusses the PBS series “Evolution” in an article published for The Washington Times: The PBS documentary “Evolution” has generated a cultural debate that its producers expected. … The Discovery Institute, a public policy organization in Seattle, commissioned a public poll finding that eight in 10 Americans said a public television program on evolution should present scientific arguments for Read More ›