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John Milburn, writing in Guardian Unlimited, reports that the course at KU, which was to be taught by professor Mirecki, has been canceled.

Not surprising, because of the furor that arose from his arrogant and condescending attitude revealed in an email to his pals that became public.

Dr. Gerald Schroeder of MIT discusses the amazing odds against random mutation to create anything remotely complex on aish.com.

Boggles the mind...atheists dare not read this.

The new book by Tom Bethell, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Science, is now available through ARN. There are many interesting topics covered, including the crumbling of Darwinism.

This is a must read for scientists like me, who get asked about Global warming and Darwinism frequently.

A joint op-ed column by Bob Beckel and Cal Thomas appears in USA Today.

Beckel begins by saying, "Cal, I'm going to stray from the consensus liberal line on the issue of intelligent design. The Dover, Pa., school board had a good reason to allow the teaching of intelligent design as a scientific alternative to Darwinism in the school system's science classes. Despite the overwhelming consensus of the scientific community that evolution is the sole explanation for all living things, these scientists have yet to prove the theory conclusively. Not only are there still gaping holes in the evolutionary chain from single cells to man, the science crowd hasn't come close to explaining why only man among all living things has a conscience, a moral framework and a free will".

Thomas then adds, "What I find curious about this debate, not only in Pennsylvania, but in Kansas and throughout the country, is that so many scientists and educators are behaving like fundamentalist secularists. Only they will define science".

Much more good dialogue in this piece...

We have added new links at the ARN home page. The combination of watching Meyer talk about design and then Dawkins talk about "apparent design" and his faith in natural selection makes for an excellent one-two punch.

The links are near the top, in the center of the home page.

Denis Boyle writes in National Review, about the recent debate and antics of the opposition.

The chairman of KU’s religious-studies department, Paul Mirecki, and the campus group he mentors, the 120-member "Society of Open-minded Atheists and Agnostics" is exposed for what he and they are.

Beware, there is some profane and possibly offensive language in the piece.

On the Human Events Online Web site Nancy Pearcey weighs in on the debate and shows why a paradigm shift to ID will occur.

A story on NPR by Barbara Bradley Hagerty treats the subject fairly.

Express you appreciation to NPR for this story. Ms. Hagerty has received condescending emails in the past from the opposition.

To get to the NPR reply form, click on "contact us" at the top of the webpage, then click the circle "NPR Program" and select "All things considered" from the drop-down menu.

The controversy is discussed in an article in the Harvard Crimson by Sarah E. F. Milov.

Leading scholars on the issue at Harvard Divinity School (HDS) and other divinity schools say their faculties have almost no proponents of intelligent design.

Michael Behe says that the intelligent design argument is purely scientific and is in no way related to the creationism debates of the early twentieth century.

Mark U. Edwards Jr., professor of the history of Christianity and associate HDS dean for academic affairs, says intelligent design is bad science and bad theology.

Edwards has an explanation for the persistence of a contentious dialogue between science and religion. "One quarter of the population is evangelical," Edwards says. "They aren’t very sophisticated."

Excuse me while I knuckle-drag my way to the kitchen for a snack...

Recently a discussion on ID and Darwinism took place at Warwick University in the UK.

To have a listen, go to the site above and scroll down a bit.