The Darwinian theory has become an all-purpose obstacle to thought rather than an enabler of scientific advance.
This is a very true and insightful observation.
Talk origins is in fact an excellent example of this drawback of what can be called dogmatic evolutionism.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1660216/posts
As to Gilder's assertion:
"The Darwinian theory has become an all-purpose obstacle to thought rather than an enabler of scientific advance."
I don't see how it's true, and he doesn't present any evidence in his article to support this assertion.
The Darwin Mafia: Inhibiting ID research since 1802.
"Gilder's article is not available on line."
Although the linked page below has an "original article" link...
maybe this is a reproduction of the article...
http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=3631
Or maybe it's just a continuation of Gilder's NRO article?
So the researchers at DI should have tons of discoveries since they aren't hampered by ToE.