Water Issues
In the first hour, Ian spoke with
William E. Marks, editor of
Water Voices from Around The World.
Marks said transnational corporations, such as Suez, Vivendi and RWE,
are buying up water rights all over the globe, including rights to
rivers in Canada. Potential for water conflicts exist everywhere, he
explained, noting that 145 nations share international river basins.
More than a billion people lack access to potable water and 12 million
die each year due to unsanitary water, Marks continued. He recommended
listeners see
Flow: For Love or Water,
a documentary on the subject of water privatization. Marks also
suggested that Earth's wobble was due to giant dams changing the water
distribution of the planet.
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Neo-Darwinism & Academic Suppression
Film Producer of
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (
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Mark Mathis
discussed his research into how the academic world treats university
scientists, professors, and researchers who question the theory of
Neo-Darwinism.
According to Mathis, there has been a systematic exclusion of any
origin theory which proposes the idea that there is design in the
universe that may be better explained by an intelligent source, rather
than from random processes. As an example, he talked about the recent
controversy involving Guillermo Gonzalez, astronomer and author of
The Privileged Planet.
Mathis said Gonzalez, the author of 68 peer-reviewed papers, was denied
tenure at Iowa State University because of his views on intelligent
design.
Mathis cited other cases of academic discrimination, including
one involving Baylor University's Robert Marks, who was told to shut
down a website he created which challenged Darwinian evolution. Mathis
also discussed Richard Sternberg, who came under fire for publishing a
paper by intelligent design advocate Stephen Meyer in
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.
Ian hosted Open Lines during the last hour of the program.
Mark Mathis
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