Category: Culture
Illinois Compels MDs to Discuss Abortion “Benefits”
I have predicted that “medical conscience” will become a huge social controversy in the next decade.
Undeniable? A Conversation with Theistic Evolutionist Hans Vodder
Suppose I were to place a small diamond just below the surface of the sand in the Sahara Desert, and you were to set out to find it.
Evolution Out of the Curriculum? If So, a Bad Idea from Turkey
The fact that evolution is both important and “controversial” is one reason we strongly favor teaching it thoroughly in high school biology classes.
Netherlands Euthanasia Guru Bemoans His Handiwork
Boudewijn Chabot is the Netherlander psychiatrist who assisted the suicide of a deeply depressed woman who wished to die after the demise of her two children.
Intelligent Design in…Marriage, U.S. History, and More: Michael Medved, Diane Medved, Jay Nordlinger in Seattle, June 21
Very often there is an uncanny sense of “design” to successful marriages. The natural way of things isn’t enough to explain them.
Fear Factor: Scientists Rush to Assure Colleagues They’re Not “Darwin-Bashers”
Here’s an article from the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution with an eye-catching title.
CNN: National Center for Science Education “Promotes Science Over Ideology”; What!?
A CNN story laments that some teachers and students are skeptical of climate change.
Zombie Science: Jonathan Wells on Overselling Darwin’s Tree of Life
With his own sly humor, Dr. Wells points out some scientific problems with regarding Darwin’s Tree as unassailable fact.
For the Public School Biology Teacher, Zombie Science Makes an Outstanding Resource
Where do you turn for a reliable, responsible resource to help you clarify the issues for your students?
What Becomes of Science When the Evidence Does Not Matter?
Fine-tuning of the universe is so unpleasant a subject for materialists that it cannot really become a controversy.