Is teaching intelligent design a First Amendment issue?

A lawsuit begins today (Sept. 26) in Pennsylvania challenging the teaching of intelligent design as an alternative to Darwin's theory of evolution in public school science classrooms.

Is this a First Amendment issue? Should teachers be permitted to teach intelligent design as part of their freedom of speech rights? Or is the teaching of intelligent design a breach of the establishment clause of the First Amendment?

VoIP and EBay

The Voice over Internet Protocol market is ready to pop. This new technology will likely surge over the next few years (big profits, many users). EBay is shelling out just over four billion dollars for VoIP leader Skype (their revenue for 2006 could exceed $200 million).

Questions… Is VoIP a death sentence for common carriers? How will phone companies fight the future? How will the FCC deal with 9-1-1 over the next few years?

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http://www.fcc.gov/voip/

First responders

Please go to: http://www.observer.com/media_newsstory2.asp
Read the story of how journalists found themselves in a situation where they were the first, and for awhile, only responders to the aftermath of Katrina.
Then answer this question: If journalists had not been there, had not reported what they witnessed, had relied only on official sources -- how much longer would it have been before the government responded to the plight of the people trapped in New Orleans?