In July of 2005 The New York Times published an opinion by Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, the archbishop of Vienna who was the lead editor of the official 1992 Catechism of the Catholic Church. In a rare instance of a newspaper reporting on its own editorial page, the Times’ published a front-page article Saturday about Schönborn’s piece where he explained that Read More ›
Imagine you own a successful business, and you have a much larger and less efficient competitor. Your inefficient competitor has demanded you make payments to him or he will pressure your suppliers to stop doing business with you. I have just described classic criminal extortion, as now conducted by some governments in the European Union.
In the above example, substitute: France, Germany and Italy for the “inefficient competitor;” smaller, low tax jurisdictions for the “successful business;” global financial institutions for “suppliers;” and coerced taxes and information for “payments.” Now you begin to understand what is going on.
On July 1, the controversial European tax savings directive took effect. This requires 25 EU members and 15 other countries and independent territories to institute an automatic information exchange system. This would require financial institutions to report to the citizen’s home country any interest earned outside that country. Or countries may withhold taxes on interest income at a rate that will rise to 35 percent.
Read More ›Conspiracy theorists in the media continue to recycle the urban legend of the “Wedge” document, which Discovery Institute has responded to in the past, in detail. Click here to read the Discovery Institute response to charges regarding the “Wedge” document, as well as seeing the exact original document in question. (Originally published in 2003) Click here for the truth about Read More ›
Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture has long advocated the idea of teaching the strengths and weaknesses about Darwinian evolution. There have been a surprising number of recent articles advocating this approach, and below are a number of linked articles relating to the topic. Evolution: Debate itBy: Stephen C. Meyer & John Angus CampbellUSA TodayAugust 14, 2005Stephen Meyer is Read More ›
This article, published by The Washington Times, contains a review of Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder’s book The Silicon Eye: Though some of the same “characters” pop up in “The Silicon Eye,” George Gilder is less concerned with making heroes than with ushering in the Valley’s staggering new wave. The silicon in this contemporary tale is the magic inside Read More ›
In March 2004 The Privileged Planet, which I co-authored with Jay Richards, was published, evoking both enthusiastic and negative reactions from a number of leading scientists. The argument covers everything from the fine-tuning of the constants of physics to the initial conditions of the Big Bang; from our host star and planetary neighbors to our atmosphere and moon. Our conclusion? The Read More ›
If you were told the government could take your real property and give it to another preferred, private person, would you be more or less prone to make improvements on your property? If you were a clear-thinking person with a basic knowledge of economics, you would reply, “less prone.” Unfortunately, five U.S. Supreme Court justices — David Souter, Ruth Bader Read More ›
FORMER NEW YORK GOVERNOR Mario Cuomo is one slick fella. Like all effective propagandists, he’s smooth, articulate, eloquent—and he doesn’t let the facts get in his way. Take for example his most recent polemic in the debate over embryonic stem cell research (ESCR). In “Not on Faith Alone,” published in the June 20 New York Times (where else?), Cuomo takes Read More ›
SEATTLE—Discovery Institute has sent a letter to the Pennsylvania State Legislature opposing a proposed bill that would authorize school districts to require the teaching of intelligent design. In a letter to Rep. Jess M. Stairs, Chair of Pennsylvania’s House Education Committee, Discovery Institute officials stated that they “strongly oppose any effort by the government to mandate the teaching of intelligent Read More ›