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Science, Religion and Public Policy
The Roman Catholic Church is conducting a campaign to show that the Bible is compatible with Darwin's theory of evolution. But polls show almost half the American people don't buy it. If belief in God means doubting science, what are the consequences for public policy? Also, the US brokers a deal to restore the deposed President in Honduras, and Capitol Hill ethics investigations are accidentally revealed.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenThe Roman Catholic Church is conducting a campaign to show that the Bible is compatible with Darwin's theory of evolution. But polls show almost half the American people don't buy it. If belief in God means doubting science, what are the consequences for public policy? Also, the US brokers a deal to restore the deposed President in Honduras, and ethics investigations into members of Congress are supposed to be secret. Now more than 30 are out in the open, including one into a powerful subcommittee that controls Pentagon spending.
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3 storiesUS Brokers Deal to Restore Deposed President in Honduras
The elected President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, was hustled out of the country -- still in his nightclothes, when a coup , backed by the Army, seized power last June. Now US diplomats have negotiated an agreement for Zelaya to return to power, for the next three months. Tracy Wilkerson reports on Central America for the Los Angeles Times .
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When he announced that the Earth goes around the Sun, Galileo was persecuted by the Roman Catholic Church. But that was 400 years ago. The modern Vatican, conservative though it is, has argued that Christian faith and science are not at odds after all, but compatible and complementary, especially regarding Darwin's theory of Evolution.
Read the story36 minHouse Ethics Committee Is Very Busy, Post Reveals
Congress is supposed to enforce ethical standards on its own members, but ethics committee proceedings are highly secretive, and watchdog groups claim that not much really goes on. Now it's been accidentally revealed that more than 30 members and senior aides are being probed, including half of a subcommittee that controls Pentagon spending.
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