[Phys-L] NYT article on where intelligent design comes from

[jsd at AV8N.COM (John Denker)]

> Like a well-tooled electoral campaign, the Discovery Institute has a
> carefully crafted, poll-tested message, lively Web logs - and
> millions of dollars from foundations run by prominent conservatives
> like Howard and Roberta Ahmanson, Philip F. Anschutz and Richard
> Mellon Scaife. The institute opened an office in Washington last fall
> and in January hired the same Beltway public relations firm that
> promoted the Contract With America in 1994.
>
> "We are in the very initial stages of a scientific revolution," said
> the center's director, Stephen C. Meyer, 47, a historian and
> philosopher of science recruited by Discovery after he protested a
> professor's being punished for criticizing Darwin in class. "We want
> to have an effect on the dominant view of our culture."

... plus another 3000 words.

If you strike while the iron is hot, you can read it
without even having to register.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/21/national/21evolve.html?ei=5094&en=0bd235262066da5c&hp=&ex=1124683200&partner=homepage&pagewanted=all