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06/30/08
Caroline Crocker: Intellectual freedom must include conservative professors, scientists
Caroline Crocker, on National Examiner.com, opines that our embracing of divergent peoples and viewpoints marks us as unique and we are rightly proud of being broad-minded, a "melting pot," welcoming people of different nationalities, cultures and races. This has enabled us to be world leaders in innovative ideas, in marked contrast to what is produced by totalitarian regimes where citizens are only allowed to think one way.
A study published in Forum (2005) by Lichter, Rothman, and Nevitte reported that 72 percent of university faculty are liberal (87 percent in elite universities). That this is reflected in the teaching is easily seen in the prolific displays of left-wing propaganda displayed on campuses.
Stein does disservice to all with incendiary documentary
In the Montreal Gazette, Bill Brownstein gives a review typical of what has been seen across Canada after the opening of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. Those in the know where not expecting the documentary to be a blockbuster in Canada, and there probably have been few kind words in the press either (I have not come across any).
While Brownstein harps on the Nazi analogy, he mentions nothing about Dawkins' claim that he believes in intelligent design...just as long as the intelligence is from a far away place in the cosmos that evolved through random chance and natural selection.
06/26/08
The Current State of Origins of Life Research
In Intelligent Design the Future...a short podcast discusses the up-to-date OOL research...with Dr. Ed Pelzer, who holds a PhD in oceanography from Scripps Oceanographic Institution at UCSD.
ACLU on Louisiana's Science Education Act (SB 733)
Much was said during debate over SB 733 (Louisiana's Science Education Act) concerning "code language" and the accusation that Senator Ben Nevers was trying to sneak something other than quality science (i.e., creationism) into Louisiana's science classrooms. Today's WWL-TV report quotes the Louisiana ACLU Executive Director whose choice of words suggests "code language" conceding that the bill really is on solid constitutional footing after all:
"ACLU Executive Director Marjorie Esman said that if the Act is utilized as written, it should be fine...."
Stand by for news of whether Governor Jindal will seize this teachable moment to give America a badly needed academic freedom lesson in the form of a public signing ceremony!
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06/24/08
Teaching Evolution: Legal victories aren't enough
In Penn State Live, it is reported that in recent years, U.S. courts have consistently ruled that teaching explicitly religious alternatives to evolution in public schools is a violation of the Establishment Clause of the Constitution. But Penn State political scientists show that despite these many legal victories, a surprising number of public high school biology teachers still include creationism or intelligent design in their curriculum. However, the disparity in teaching evolution is not linked to differences in state regulations, but can more likely be attributed to differences of personal beliefs about human origins and scientific training among teachers, according to the study.
06/23/08
The History Channel, "How Life Began"
Gil Dodgen comments in Uncommom Descent about the History Channel's How Life Began. He remarks that the title of the show was a dead giveaway about what I would see, hear, and experience. The title of the show should have been "How Did Life Begin?" and the answer should have been, "No one has the faintest idea."
Top McCain VP Choice Says Intelligent Design "The Very Best Science"
Control Congress reports that Bobby Jindal, Louisiana Governor, and potential McCain running mate, was interviewed on CBS's Face The Nation. Among the topics covered, Jindal was asked about his opinions on the debate over intelligent design's place in the public school curriculum. Jindal supports teaching intelligent design alongside evolution in the classroom.
06/18/08
Baltimore Sun Reviews Ken Miller's Only a Theory
In ENV...This week Glenn Altschuler, professor of American Studies at Cornell, reviewed (among other books) Ken Miller's Only a Theory for the Baltimore Sun.
06/17/08
Helpful Bacteria May Hide in Appendix
Nicholas Bakalar, of the New York Times, writes that last December, researchers published a novel explanation of the function of the appendix in The Journal of Theoretical Biology. The appendix, they suggest, is a "safe house" for commensal bacteria, the symbiotic germs that aid digestion and help protect against disease-causing germs.
It has long been asserted that the appendix is a vestigial organ of evolution. Probably not.
06/16/08
Behe reviews Miller book
Kenneth R. Miller, a professor of biology at Brown University, has written a new book Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul, in which he defends Darwinism, attacks intelligent design, and makes a case for theistic evolution (defined as something like "God used Darwinian evolution to make life"). In all this, it's pretty much a re-run of his previous book published over a decade ago, Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground between God and Evolution. So if you read that book, you'll have a very good idea of what 90% of the new book concerns.
06/12/08
Americans United Misrepresents the Facts about Louisiana Science Education Bill
In ENV...The Chicken Littles at Americans United for Separation of Church and State are now running around WARNING that
The Louisiana House of Representatives [has]... approved a measure that opens the door to teaching creationism in public schools...
Well, no, it didn't. The proposed Louisiana law expressly states in Section 1C that it "shall not be construed to promote any religious doctrine, promote discrimination for or against a particular set of religious beliefs, or promote discrimination for or against religion or nonreligion."
Textbook Teaches Strengths and Weaknesses
On ID the Future...the new textbook Explore Evolution: Arguments For and Against Neo-Darwinism is discussed. This is the first biology textbook to present the scientific evidence both for and against key aspects of Darwinian evolution.
EMA to Honor Ben Stein's Free Speech
The Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA) will recognize Ben Stein with its "Freedom of Expression Award" during EMA's Home Entertainment Awards ceremony June 24. The ceremony is part of EMA's Home Media Expo 2008, June 24-26 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.
Stein, a writer, actor, filmmaker, economist and lawyer, recently starred as the host of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, a documentary on intelligent design and its contention within the scientific community. The film hits DVD Oct. 21, from Vivendi Entertainment.
Louisiana House Passes Academic Freedom Bill on Evolution and Other Science Issues
ENV reports that by a vote of 94-3, Louisiana's House of Representatives today passed an academic freedom bill that would protect teachers and school districts who wish to promote critical thinking and objective discussion about evolution and other scientific topics.
06/06/08
Beware of the sound of "one hand clapping"
TBSE (Texans for Better Science Education) was not contacted for comment by the New York Times in a recent article. The NYT is afraid that both "strengths and weaknesses" might be taught. We've noted an interesting evolution of arguments by the Darwinists.
06/03/08
Yoko Ono Copyright Suit Expelled from Federal Court
From ENV...
According to the Associated Press:
Yoko Ono has lost her Manhattan legal battle to block the use of John Lennon's song "Imagine" in a film challenging the theory of evolution.
EMI still has a state level suit in New York against Premise Media for the inclusion of Imagine in Expelled.
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We are a group of individuals, coming from diverse backgrounds and not speaking for any organization, who have found common ground around teleological concepts, including intelligent design. We think these concepts have real potential to generate insights about our reality that are being drowned out by political advocacy from both sides. We hope this blog will provide a small voice that helps rectify this situation.
- The Design Inference - The Writings of William A. Dembski
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Website dedicated to comparing scenes from the "Inherit the Wind" movie with factual information from actual Scopes Trial. View 37 clips from the movie and decide for yourself if this movie is more fact or fiction.
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- A Brief View of Time and Those That Live There
Don Cicchetti blogs on: Culture, Music, Faith, Intelligent Design, Guitar, Audio
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Australian biologist Stephen E. Jones maintains one of the best origins "quote" databases around. He is meticulous about accuracy and working from original sources.
- CreationEvolutionDesign
Most guys going through midlife crisis buy a convertible. Austrialian Stephen E. Jones went back to college to get a biology degree and is now a proponent of ID and common ancestry.
- Darwinian Fairytales by David Stove
Complete zipped downloadable pdf copy of David Stove's devastating, and yet hard-to-find, critique of neo-Darwinism entitled "Darwinian Fairytales"
- ID The Future
Intelligent Design The Future is a multiple contributor weblog whose participants include the nation's leading design scientists and theorists: biochemist Michael Behe, mathematician William Dembski, astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez, philosophers of science Stephen Meyer, and Jay Richards, philosopher of biology Paul Nelson, molecular biologist Jonathan Wells, and science writer Jonathan Witt. Posts will focus primarily on the intellectual issues at stake in the debate over intelligent design, rather than its implications for education or public policy.
- John Mark Reynolds Blog
A Philosopher's Journey: Political and cultural reflections of John Mark N. Reynolds. Dr. Reynolds is Director of the Torrey Honors Institute at
Biola University.
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