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Darwinists and Doubters — The Central Issue

The New York Times is out again with (yet another) major article on the controversy over evolutionary theory and Intelligent Design. Today's article, "In Explaining Life's Complexity, Darwinists and Doubters Clash," by Kenneth Chang, sets this issue ...

August 22, 2005

Very Big and Promising News on Stem Cell Research

For the first time, scientists now claim to have transformed ordinary human skin cells into cells equal in "totipotentiality" to embryonic stem cells. The report is published in today's edition of The Washington Post and the full research report is t ...

August 22, 2005

Virtual Adultery — The Emergence of Cybersinning

The Sydney Morning Herald [Australia] reports that "virtual adultery" is a new threat to marriages. Until recently, adultery has been a sin of the flesh. Temptation arrives, chemistry sizzles and before long the unfaithful spouse is spending stolen ...

August 22, 2005

America’s Burning Issue: Is the Oreo Addictive?

The Chicago Tribune today features a massive article devoted to the great question: Are Oreos addictive? Here's how the article begins:  "Churned out in ovens the size of football fields, the Oreo reigns as the best-selling cookie in the world and a ...

August 20, 2005

Evolution on the Mind

The reporters and editors of The New York Times evidently have evolution on the mind. Today's on-line edition of the paper includes at least three articles dealing with evolution in one way or the other. All this attention indicates the anxiety of ev ...

August 20, 2005

The Preacher and the Serial Killer

Rev. Michael G. Clark is a deeply committed man. I know this because The New York Times reports that he was at the sentencing hearing yesterday for Dennis L. Rader, the infamous B.T.K. killer in Wichita, Kansas. Rader, now one of the nation's most no ...

August 19, 2005

News from the Dark Side — Fetal Tissue and the New Medicine

The Washington Post and The New York Times are out today with truly frightening reports. Headlined, "Fetal Tissue Heals Burns," The Washington Post article reports: An experimental therapy that uses skin cells grown from an aborted fetus successfully ...

August 18, 2005

An Ecumenical Council to Address “Biblical Fundamentalism?”

I had to hear this one for myself. Presiding Bishop Mark Hansen of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has called for an ecumenical council to convene in order to resolve the question of biblical interpretation in the church. Calling for the g ...

August 18, 2005

NPR Forum on “Evolution and Religious Faith”

I was invited to particpate in National Public Radio's "Taking Issue" forum on "Evolution and Religious Faith." Here's how NPR introduced the series: At its extremes, the current debate over teaching Darwin's theory of evolution pits science against ...

August 17, 2005

The Mudslinging of the Elites

The media swarming about the controversy over evolution, Intelligent Design, and creationism are losing their cool, and showing their true colors in the process. In today's commentary, I take a close look at the panic evident in the latest issue of T ...

August 17, 2005