Listen Live Online to Darwin’s Legacy Event with Steve Fuller and Michael Medved

Tom Woodward of the C.S. Lewis Society, who will be appearing at the Darwin’s Legacy — The Hidden Story event along with Steve Fuller and Michael Medved, has just let us know that the event will now be broadcast live on the internet thanks to Tampa conservative talk radio station 860 WGUL. The program runs 7:00PM to 9:00PM Easter time, Thursday February 26th. The station will carry the news at the top of the hour, but by 7:05pm EST it will be begin streaming audio of the event. Go to http://860wgul.townhall.com/ and click on LISTEN LIVE in the upper left hand corner.

Darwin’s Legacy — The Hidden Story, Thursday Feb. 26th in Tampa

If Charles Darwin were to show up at his 200th birthday celebration in 2009, he would be shocked by the scientific puzzles and cultural fallout that his theory generated. To trace the untold story of the controversy he sparked, The C.S. Lewis Society is featuring a live discussion with: Dr. Steve Fuller Author of Dissent over Descent Social Scientist from England Authority in the Movie, “Expelled.” Dr. Michael Medved Nationally Syndicated Talk Radio Host 2 Million Daily Listeners New York Times Best Selling Author. Dr. Tom Woodward Author of Doubts about Darwin and Darwin Strikes Back Research Professor at Trinity College. Date: 7:00PM to 9:00PM, Thursday February 26th Location: The Oval Theater, University of South Florida’s Marshall Center 4202 East Read More ›

National Academy Scientist Says Darwin’s Theory of Evolution is Being Oversold

A robust debate about Darwinian evolution has been taking place over at Forbes.com recently. The venerable techonomy site published over 20 articles in honor of Darwin’s birthday, four of which were from ID proponents. As usual, having any articles skeptical of Darwinism is a bridge too far for some, namely Darwin defender Jerry Coyne who attacked not just the authors, but Forbes itself for the temerity to discuss such views publicly. No less than a member of the National Academy has responded. Forbes.com has just posted a piece by Philip S. Skell, The Dangers Of Overselling Evolution. Skell argues that …

MSNBC’s Birthday Present to Charles Darwin: Puff-Pieces on Evolution (Part 2)

As part of their celebration of Darwin’s 200th birthday, MSNBC has been printing puff-pieces promoting evolution. In Part 1, I discussed their piece using weak and controversial evidence documenting the alleged dinosaur to bird transition. In this section, I’ll be discussing another little piece they published, “Seven signs of evolution in action.” This piece takes very little time to rebut, and those familiar with weak arguments used to buttress evolution in this debate will likely be able to guess the arguments used in the “Seven signs” piece simply by my rebuttal. In fact, the interesting part about this piece is not so much the rebuttal, but the quality of evidence that MSNBC is using to promote evolution: 7 Signs of Read More ›

Civility of Darwinists Lacking at Academic Freedom on Evolution Event in Oklahoma (Updated)

Casey Luskin and John West were in Oklahoma yesterday at an Academic Freedom Day event hosted by the IDEA club at University of Oklahoma. Not surprisingly Darwinists were in attendance, and showed their complete and utter lack of civility. Casey sent me this e-mail recapping once such encounter during the Q&A following his presentation. Pro-Evolution Blogger Abbie Smith Flipped Me Off on Friday Night, and Here’s the Story University of Oklahoma (OU) graduate student and science-blogger Abbie Smith flipped me off during my talk about academic freedom at the University of Oklahoma on Friday night. But before I get to that part, I’d like to tell what actually happened.