Public Relations can be practiced in a biblical, honest way. The key is transparency: Dont twist and shout. Lay out the facts. Truly subscribe to John Miltons faith from the 1640s that truth and falsehood should be allowed to grapple, for truth would not lose in a free and open encounter. But when PR tries to snuff out that open Read More ›
Original Article Jewish tradition prides itself on rationality, emphasizing knowledge of God over mere faith. Among rabbinic sages, the figure of Maimonides (1135-1204), a man of science and of Torah, stands out as the ultimate rationalist. So it’s natural to wonder what he would say if he were alive about a modern controversy that, according to the advocates on one Read More ›
Original Article One of the hottest topics the Kansas Board of Education has tackled of late – and a key issue in the contests for the open seats on the body – is science standards for the state’s public schools. The six conservatives on the 10-member body adopted revisions to the standards in December, inserting new critiques and question marks Read More ›
About the Author: For the last 28 years Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig has been working on mutation genetics at the University of Bonn and the Max-Planck-Institute für Züchtungsforschung in Cologne (Bonn 7 years, Cologne 21 years).The present article represents his personal opinion on the topic and does not reflect the opinion of his former or present employer. The author, not a fellow Read More ›
In “A Mathematicians View of Evolution,” (The Mathematical Intelligencer, Vol 22 (4) (2000)), mathematician Granville Sewell explains that Michael Behe’s arguments against neo-Darwinism from irreducible complexity are supported by mathematics and the quantitative sciences, especially when applied to the problem of the origin of new genetic information. Sewell notes that there are “a good many mathematicians, physicists and computer scientists Read More ›
Original Article Recently, the state of South Carolina joined Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Kansas and New Mexico by approving statewide science standards which require a critical analysis of evolution in science classrooms. In these five states the standard-issue Darwinian evolution will still be taught, but with an interesting twist which ought to raise some eyebrows – the scientific WEAKNESSES of Darwinian theory Read More ›
Original Article Mississippians can be excused for some trepidation regarding AT&T’s planned takeover of BellSouth. The last telecom mega-merger involving Mississippi was the WorldCom buyout of Sprint in 1999. The regulatory denial of that deal was a prelude to the 2000-2002 bear market. Hardest bit by that ravenous bear was the telecom sector, which suffered the double whammy of flaky Read More ›
Original Article Dr. Ben Rich of the University of California, Davis, testifies in favor of an assisted suicide bill before the state Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Wesley J. Smith, a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute who opposes the bill, sits to Rich’s left. The bill’s co-author, Assemblywoman Patty Berg, D-Eureka, can be seen in the background. Sacramento Bee/Anne Read More ›
Editor’s Note: The following testimony was given by microbiologist Ralph Seelke, Ph.D., on June 7, 2006 before the Education Committee of the Michigan House of Representatives in favor of House Bill 5251. I have been asked to testify on behalf of HB5251, and I am happy to do so. Please note that my views are my own, and not those Read More ›
Feeling primitive? Unevolved? Inorganic? Then try a bowl of Primordial Soup! What’s Darwin Got To Do With It? is an illustrated friendly conversation about evolution and what science can explain about life. Aimed at younger students, this comic-book style work helps students understand if finch beaks really prove Darwinism is true or if the encoded message in DNA implies an Read More ›
In Why Is a Fly Not a Horse?, published by Discovery Institute Press, editor of the prestigious Italian biology journal Rivista di Biologia, Giuseppe Sermonti, explains why evolution resembles a “paradigm” more than it does an explanation. Scientists assume that the theory and its implications (such as universal common descent) are true, but no one can ever explain the details Read More ›
Discovery Institute Senior Fellows William Dembski and Jay Richards launch a scathing attack on naturalistic philosophy in this anthology aimed at a Christian audience, with various chapters explaining why naturalism is failing as a philosophical paradigm. Richards notes that naturalism as a philosophy is impossible to establish, for it relies upon proof of the negative claim that there is no Read More ›