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Response to Critics, Part 3: Michael Ruse

Dear Readers, Today I give you one last response for now, to Michael Ruse’s review of Edge of Evolution. After more reviews are in, I’ll compose a comprehensive response. I leave you with this for now. Michael Ruse in The Globe and Mail Michael Ruse is a philosopher of biology who has written over a dozen books on aspects of Darwinian thought. Read More ›

Response to Critics, Part 2: Sean Carroll

Dear Readers, Yesterday I responded to Jerry Coyne’s review of my new book, The Edge of Evolution.  Today it’s Sean Carroll’s turn. Sean Carroll in Science Almost the same day that The Edge of Evolution was officially released Science published a long, lead review by evolutionary developmental biologist Sean Carroll, whose own work I discuss critically in Chapter 9. The review is three parts bluster to Read More ›

ID Proponents Applaud Darwinist’s Open-Mindedness

This article, published by The Christian Post, mentions Discovery Institute: Scientists at the Discovery Institute, a grouping of ID advocates, hope that the Darwinist’s article will help open the door for other evolutionists to be less close-minded about ID. The rest of the article can be found here.

Response to Critics, Part 1: Jerry Coyne

Dear Readers, Major reviews of The Edge of Evolution have begun to appear. Because the conclusion of the book is so controversial, it’s no surprise that responses by some Darwinists so far have been pretty emotional and defensive. I’ll be writing brief replies here to unfavorable reviews by the most prominent academic Darwinists, just to point out important miscues and errors. Later, Read More ›

Do Data Retention Risks Outweigh the Rewards?

Last year when Congress conducted a series of hearings on how to prevent crimes against children on the Internet, Lt. Anthony Ritter of the computer crimes bureau at the New Jersey State Police recommended requiring Internet Service Providers to store customer data for not less than two years. The data should “include, but not be limited to, subscriber information, method Read More ›

Brave New Bioethics Podcast: Is the Drug Enforcement Administration scaring doctors away from treating pain aggressively?

Is the Drug Enforcement Administration scaring doctors away from treating pain aggressively? Bioethicist Wesley J. Smith discusses recent reports on the DEA’’s aggressive pursuit of doctors who prescribe pain medication for chronic pain sufferers. Listen to the podcast here.

George Gilder Does Israel

This article, published by Globes, is about Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder: One world-famous technology guru with his own groups of admirers and critics who recently visited in Israel for the first time in his 67 years is George Gilder. “I’m really excited to be here,” he said in an exclusive interview with “Globes.” The rest of the article Read More ›

Group Pushing For Passenger-only Ferries

KPLU-FM reporter Bellamy Pailthorp interviews Cascadia Center’s Director Bruce Agnew on the day of Cascadia’s “Return Of The Mosquito Fleet” stakeholder forum at Salty’s on Alki in West Seattle. MP3 audio file of the report here.

One on One: Faith in Hierarchy

This article, published by the Jerusalem Post, includes an interview with Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder: George Gilder has been famous in the United States for more than three decades. Well, infamous would be a more accurate adjective – considering the political-cultural climate in which he emerged and to which he has devoted his life’s research and writings. The Read More ›

Swiss Build 21-mile Train Tunnel Through Alps

The San Jose Mercury News carries the full Associated Press story on the recent opening of the 21-mile Loetschberg Base Tunnel. Billed as the world’s longest land tunnel, it is a trainway built through the Alps to ease road congestion and deliver skiers twice as quickly from south of Bern to the gateway town of Visp near the Zermatt and Read More ›