Republicans didn’t kill offshore wind.
Republicans didn’t kill nuclear power.
Republicans didn’t kill oil shale.
Republicans didn’t kill offshore oil drilling.
Republicans didn’t kill geothermal.
Republicans didn’t kill hydro.
Republicans aren’t trying to kill wind power.
Republicans aren’t trying to kill solar power.

One rule commonly used to solve the problem of meetings going nowhere is: “don’t block a solution unless you have a better one that replaces it.” Maybe Congress should start thinking along these lines.

LET’S GET THIS STRAIGHT.

We at DarwinCentral are solidly pro-science.

Now, the left wants you to think that socialism and science go hand-in-hand. This is NOT true.

Here’s a prime example of a left wing group using science as a poorly disguised veneer to cover their agenda.

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STEVEN B. CASE’S opinion piece is a must-read. (If registration is required, go to BugMeNot for an username and password.)

How can you argue the following point he makes?

Irreducible complexity implies that God resides in the “gaps” of our knowledge. Science students who are introduced to the idea that God is only present in what we don’t understand, i.e. the mysteries of the universe, are left with difficult issues to resolve. If God is found in the mysteries, as their understanding of the natural world grows, then God (the mysteries) gets smaller. Continue Reading »

IT WOULD SEEM THAT DISCOVERIES of new species lean towards the less endearing side, but not this time. Unlike the prior recent discoveries linked, the discovery of this tacky-souvenir-shop-perfect bird, has generated a flurry of news articles totalling 64 on compared to, well, 1, 1, and 1 on Google News. PETA members may complain about this perceived inequality, but we at Darwin Central firmly believe that supply and demand is a corollary to natural selection.

Detailed PDF from Indian Birds

SURE, THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION may have done a good job of shooting themselves in the foot lately. However, before Terri Schiavo, the Medicare fiasco, and support for ID, there existed and still exists the administration’s terrible PR, not helped by the leftist so-called mainstream media (MSM) as exemplified by Dan Rather. Continue Reading »