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Education Creationism taught by design CREATIONISM is finding its way into university lecture halls, raising concerns with some academics that the biblical story of creation will be given equal weight to Darwin’s theory of evolution. Compulsory lectures in intelligent design and creationism are going to be included in second-year courses for zoology and genetics undergraduates at Leeds University, The Times Higher Education Supplement (June 23) reveals. But there’s a twist: lecturers will present the controversial theories as being incompatible with scientific evidence. “It is essential they (students) understand the historical context and the flaws in the arguments these groups put...

6:30 p.m., Monday, April 10, John Bolton, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations--Bolton's experience in government spans the Republican administrations of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. Bolton was named U.N. ambassador in 2005 without Senate confirmation. A Baltimore native, Bolton has served in the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Before his appointment as U.S. undersecretary of state for arms control and international security in 2001, Bolton was senior vice president of the American Enterprise Institute, a nonprofit public policy center in Washington, D.C. All...

"Embryo Ethics: The Moral Status of Nascent Human Life" Event: "Embryo Ethics: The Moral Status of Nascent Human Life"Robert P. George, Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University Date: February 1, 2006 Time: 8:00 PM   EST Location: St. Paul's ChapelColumbia UniversityManhattan Contact: For more information, contact lectures@isi.org. St. Paul's Chapel, Columbia UniversityMap and DirectionsInformation The President's Council on Bioethics: Robert P. George, JD, D. Conservative Heavyweight: The Remarkable Mind of Robert P. George Department of Politics - Robert P. George Robert P. George - Online Resources Robert P. George on Stem Cells & Debate...

In an extraordinary event, three former terrorists will be together at Princeton University to present insights into the mind of a suicide bomber. The three will speak Dec. 8 at the McCosh 50 Lecture Theatre, telling why they committed acts of violence and revealing the mindset of those who trained them. A question and answer session will follow the presentations, scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. Participants in the event, sponsored by the Walid Shoebat Foundation, are: Walid Shoebat, who came from a prominent family in Bethlehem. After joining the Palestinian Liberation Organization, he took part in numerous attacks against...

In south Tehran there is a huge walled cemetery dedicated to the martyrs, the young men who died fighting in the 1979 revolution and the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-1988. This vast city of the dead, complete with its own subway station and shops, does not share Arlington National Cemetery's sublimely stoic aesthetic of identical tombstones, row upon row. In Tehran's war cemetery, each of the fallen is remembered individually with his own martyr's shrine, a sealed glass cabinet on a stand. The cabinets are filled with faded photos of men forever young, some in helmets or red bandannas, some carrying...

SAN FRANCISCO — Policy experts pondering California's future governance Friday heard two voices from the past — former Gov. Gray Davis and former Secretary of State Bill Jones — offering cautionary advice. Davis spoke on "Public Sentiment, Ethics and the Law" at the Commonwealth Club of California's reform conference, titled "If It's Broke Fix It! Making California Government Work For Californians." "All reform comes from the people of this state," Davis said, and "not all reforms work out." As an example, he cited electricity deregulation, which he called "probably the single most colossal mistake" in recent California history. "And no...

Former CBS Anchorman Dan Rather is doing what his idol Bill Clinton did - he's hitting the lecture circuit after leaving his job post-scandal. Move over, Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson, Ann Bancroft, C. Everett Koop and even Backstreet Boy Kevin Richardson: Dan Rather has signed with American Program Group, which claims to have the most diverse speaker roster in the lecture industry. Besides the aforementioned, APB represents hundreds of famous names from all walks of life, and the group writes on its Web site that Rather is among its luminaries because he "has been the embodiment of the intrepid...

Shalala, Thompson To Open Panetta Lecture Series First Lecture To Address Baby Boomers, Retirement POSTED: 10:23 am PST March 8, 2005 MONTEREY, Calif. -- Two former secretaries of health and human services -- Donna Shalala and Tommy Thompson -- will open the 8th Annual Leon Panetta Lecture Series, titled "Defining Issues of the 21st Century." The first lecture is schedule for March 28 and will address baby boomers and retirement. Other guest this season include CNN's Judy Woodruff and former White House National Security Advisor Sandy Berger. Each lecture begins at 7 p.m. at the Steinbeck Forum at the Monterey...

Richard Clarke came to speak on the Univ. of Ill. campus, and expressed an interest in winning the war by winning the war of ideas. You can read the Daily Illini pre-coverage here and my news/blog article on the speech itself here. Thoughts on Clarke? Does he have valid points to bring up? Or an alterior motive? He was a decent speaker and it was a packed crowd the overflowed into another room where another packed audience watched the lecture on monitors. He took a few jabs here and there (Fox news and Bush's desire to recreate the blackboard of...

JERUSALEM - Without committing mass murder against the Jews, the Muslims will never see their “day of resurrection,” a respected Islamic academic taught on official Palestinian Authority television this week. The message of Dr. Hassan Khater, founder of the Al Quds Encyclopedia, was replayed on PA TV Monday after originally being broadcast on July 13, 2003. In the televised lecture, Khater explains that according to Islamic myth, “the Hour [Day of Resurrection] will not arrive until you fight the Jews.” Itamar Marcus of Palestinian Media Watch says Khater’s repeat performance is part of the PA’s attempt to tone down “religious...

George Mason University on Thursday canceled plans to have ``Fahrenheit 9/11'' director Michael Moore speak on campus five days before the presidential election. The decision came after a Republican state legislator wrote a letter to university President Alan G. Merten protesting the Fairfax school's plans to pay the filmmaker $35,000 to speak on Oct. 28. ``We just felt it wasn't the most appropriate use of (public) funds, so we decided the best thing to do was cancel,'' school spokesman Daniel Walsch said. George Mason didn't notify Moore before making the decision public, Walsch said. A message left seeking comment from...

Sir Christopher Meyer, former British ambassador to the United States, will discuss the dangers of international terrorism and how it has affected business practices with other countries, both economically and politically, on Wednesday, Feb. 25. His free public lecture, titled “International Terrorism, International Relations,” will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Laurie Auditorium on Trinity University's campus. The address, part of the University's Distinguished Lecture Series, also will touch on the challenges of international business and the European marketplace. Mr. Meyer was British Ambassador to the United States from 1997 to 2003. During his tenure, he was involved in critical...

Political writer Ann Coulter coming to CU Lawyer, writer and columnist for the Universal Press Syndicate Ann Coulter will be making a visit to the CU campus. Coulter’s best-selling books include “High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton” and “Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right.” Coulter’s campus visit and discussion is hosted by CU’s Cultural Events Board. She will be speaking at 7 p.m.on Nov. 13 in Macky Auditorium. With an undergraduate degree from Cornell University’s School of Arts and Sciences and a law degree from the University of Michigan Law School, Coulter is often asked to...

<p>WASHINGTON -- Most researchers agree that high-quality teaching can help students excel. But what exactly makes a good teacher?</p> <p>That's what a school district in Chattanooga, Tenn., and a nonprofit education foundation have teamed up to find out in a new, in-depth study of almost 100 high-performing teachers. The study is part of a determined campaign by this community along the Tennessee River to improve the quality of teachers who serve the county's poorest children.</p>

www.frontpagemag.com       Return to normal view Noam Chomsky’s Jihad Against America By David Horowitz and Ronald Radosh FrontPageMagazine.com | December 19, 2001 Note: A reader has pointed out an error in our article "Noam Chomsky’s Jihad Against America", which is important enough to warrant a correction. In his MIT speech, Chomsky referred to a September 16 NY Times article about food supplies in Afghanistan. Through a researcher’s error, we cited an article from the October 16 NY Times in our rebuttal. This led us to accuse Chomsky of making up his quote. In fact, Chomsky was quoting the article accurately....