Tag: academic freedom
“Then They Came for Me — and There Was No One Left to Speak for Me.”
Censorship, once indulged and condoned, doesn’t end just because one taboo debate has been suppressed.
Debating at Biola University, Discovery Institute Scholar John West Will Ask What C.S. Lewis Really Believed About Evolution
We argue about what the revered and beloved thinkers of the past believed about evolution because most of us have the inkling that their wisdom was greater than our own.
The Darwin Lobby Expands Its Mission of Suppressing Free Thought to Include “Climate Change”
Those who think the evolution debate is just about evolution had better think again. It’s about the freedom of scientific discussion and inquiry.
AP Lets Martin Gaskell Speak
You don’t need to be an ID proponent or a Darwin-doubter to be troubled by dogmatic teaching of evolution in the classroom: just ask Martin Gaskell.
Bills Protecting Academic Freedom on Evolution Multiply in Anticipation of Academic Freedom Day
Across the country legislation is moving forward that will protect teachers and students who want the freedom to discuss both the strengths and weaknesses of modern evolutionary theory. February 12 used to be universally recognized as the birthday of Abraham Lincoln–a day celebrating freedom. Needing a patron saint, modern Darwin lobbyists have recently converted February 12 into “Darwin Day.” At this very time, U.S. Congress’s lone atheist is trying to honor Darwin’s birth by submitting a congressional resolution to get a government declaration that Darwin’s theory is “strongly supported,” and attacking the teaching of dissenting viewpoints. There’s nothing wrong with celebrating Darwin’s birthday–if that’s what you really want to do. But in recent years the advocacy of evolution has become Read More ›