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Darwin’s real message: have you missed it? by Carl Wieland Harvard’s renowned Professor Stephen Jay Gould1 is a vigorous anticreationist (and Marxist — see documentation), and perhaps the most knowledgeable student of the history of evolutionary thought and all things Darwinian. I’m glad he and I are on the same side about one thing at least—the real meaning of ‘Darwin’s revolution’. And we both agree that it’s a meaning that the vast majority of people in the world today, nearly a century and a half after Darwin, don’t really want to face up to. Gould argues that Darwin’s theory is...

Our founding fathers gave much credence to the blood-won constitution. As free men they consented to, or better put, submitted to, this set of laws as they had compiled a charter for free men. A charter for men who had done all they could, given everything under terrible loss for the simple peace of mind in liberty. Now the ultimate humiliation, the bending over and concession to foreign invaders, a new army of communist peasants riding a brazen and arrogant ass across our fertile plains. What you’ve never seen such a thing? Then I would caution you to avoid the...

NEW YORK - For all they share economically and culturally, Canada and the United States are increasingly at odds on basic social policies — to the point that at least a few discontented Americans are planning to move north and try their neighbors' way of life. AP Photo A husband and wife in Minnesota, a college student in Georgia, a young executive in New York. Though each has distinct motives for packing up, they agree the United States is growing too conservative and believe Canada offers a more inclusive, less selfish society. "For me, it's a no-brainer," said Mollie Ingebrand,...