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World’s Oldest Medical Journal Endorses “Nature Rights”

In other words, we, flora, fauna, and, indeed, geological features such as rivers and granite outcroppings are equal. Read More ›
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“Risky” Business — College Shuts Down Professor over Speech on Science, Free Expression

Adam Perkins, King’s College London lecturer in Neurobiology of Personality, was scheduled to deliver a talk at his institution. Read More ›
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Big Ben
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UK: Students Should Be Allowed to “Develop Own Opinions” Even if “Unpopular, Controversial”

A “chilling effect.” Yes, that’s a result of persecuting people with unpopular opinions. Read More ›
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Solitary Study Moment in the Cozy Library Sanctuary
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University of Chicago President Decries “Efforts to Suppress Discussion of Charles Darwin’s Work”

Someone finally decided to stand up and defend freedom of speech as a defining principle of education. Read More ›
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Doctor Sued for Saying No to Euthanasia

Once you open the door to assisted suicide and euthanasia, you are on the road to death on demand. Read More ›
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Creative design. Contemporary art collage. Businessman sealing giant's head mouth with tape symbolizing ban of opinion
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For Darwin Day 2014, Discovery Institute Will Name University of Chicago Biologist Jerry Coyne as "Censor of the Year"

"This is very serious business," said Dr. John West, associate director of the Center for Science & Culture. "Censorship retards the search for truth and hurts innocent people. Read More ›
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View of the State Capital Building in Montgomery Alabama
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Personal Persecution Story Inspired Alabama Academic Freedom Bill

The Alabama Academic Freedom Act was originally proposed by Senator Wendell Mitchell (Democrat) in the Alabama State Legislature in 2004 to protect the rights of teachers and students to present scientific views and hold positions regardless of their views on biological evolution. It was re-proposed this year. This legislation is needed in light of the threat to teacher academic freedom to present scientific evidence that might challenge evolution, prohibited by Judge Jones in his Kitzmiller ruling. Sadly, it looks like the bill will not pass this year because Alabama State Senator Jim Preuitt (Democrat) pulled an unfair political power-play and demanded that the bill have its application to the K-12 grade levels removed if he were to permit it to Read More ›

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Legal Experts Analyze the Impact of the Dover Intelligent Design Trial Decision in the New Book, “Traipsing Into Evolution”

Traipsing Into Evolution is the first published critique of federal Judge John E. Jones's decision in the Kitzmiller v. Dover case, the first trial to squarely address the constitutionality of teaching intelligent design in public schools. In this concise yet comprehensive response, Discovery Institute scholars and attorneys expose how Judge Jones's Kitzmiller decision was based upon faulty reasoning, non-existent evidence, and a serious misrepresentation of the scientific theory of intelligent design. Read More ›

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