For charitable and educational spending, do you think you or the government can make a wiser decision on how your money should be spent? The question is important because Congress will soon again debate whether to abolish the estate and gift tax. The advocates for keeping the estate and gift tax are the normal big government types with socialist leanings, Read More ›
Would conservatives please forget the Social Security “problem”? As Peter Drucker once wrote in these pages, “Don’t solve problems, pursue opportunities.” When Republicans solve “problems,” they feed their failures, starve their strengths, and fritter away their remaining power in political imbroglios and special interest pork-fests. Nothing good is going to come from political haggling over some hypothetical Social Security crisis Read More ›
WHAT: Mr. Koshin Mohamed, Seattle resident has been asked by Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf to serve as Somalia’s new ambassador to the United States, pending formal U.S. recognition of his government. The continuing success of Somali troops of the Transitional Government of Somali, aided by Ethiopia and, indirectly, the U.S., in defeating the Islamic Court government of Islamic radicals has Read More ›
It is hard to get there if you don’t know where you want to go. Despite the Democrats gaining control of Congress and his own previous mistakes, President Bush still has the opportunity to leave a constructive economic legacy, but to do so he must first clearly define his goals and determine what is realistically doable. Over the last couple Read More ›
[Editor’s Note: This article combines adapted versions of 10 posts on Evolution News and Views which responded to Dr. Forrest’s piece. The originals may be seen here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10.] Part 1: Introduction Barbara Forrest is a philosopher and was an expert witness Read More ›
Obama’s pastor’s ideas sound racist, but the Bible emphasizes that each ethnic group has a special mission to the world. As Sen. Barack Obama’s chances of being chosen as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee rise, the more likely it is he will have to answer tough questions about his religious beliefs, especially as they pertain to race. Obamas pastor, Rev. Read More ›
Atheist-turned-Christian Lee Strobel, the former award-winning legal editor of The Chicago Tribune, is the best-selling author of nearly twenty books that have sold a combined ten million copies. Described by the Washington Post as one of the evangelical communitys most popular apologists, Lee shared the Christian Book of the Year award in 2005 and has won Gold Medallions for The Read More ›
In August of 2004, news agencies began reporting on the controversy surrounding the publication of an article arguing for the theory of intelligent design in the peer-reviewed journal Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Then editor, Dr. Richard Sternberg, came under intense scrutiny and even persecution for publishing the article, written by Discovery senior fellow Dr. Stephen Meyer. The Read More ›
The old antisemitic stereotype of Jews obsessing about money has been re-energized of late in several pop-culture venues. But is this image — dare I voice a heresy — really all that antisemitic? When celebrity book editor Judith Regan was fired by her boss, Rupert Murdoch, the story went around that it was because Regan had voiced antisemitic sentiments. The Read More ›
After the catastrophic windstorm, it was only a matter of time before the utilities and their disgruntled customers started looking for someone to blame for the seemingly endless dark and cold of the power outage. Rather than look for scapegoats, we would like to propose a positive remedy that could ease the suffering in the event of a future natural Read More ›