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Your View: Secular Humanism is the new state religion

May 11, 2010

Our courts have also acknowledged that Humanism is a religion. In the case Torcaso v. Watkins, the U.S. Supreme Court stated, 'Among religions in this country which do not teach what would generally be considered a belief in the existence of God are Buddhism, Secular Humanism and others.' In the Texas Tech Law Review, an article cited several court decisions that have referred to Humanism as a religion (too many to list).

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Regulations increase cost of dangerous-pathogen research

May 11, 2010

One problem with the policies is that some were based on the measures used to regulate nuclear-weapons research, says Vickie Sutton, director of the Center for Biodefense, Law and Public Policy at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.

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Two Oil Firms Link Rig Blast to 'Plug'

May 11, 2010

Lloyd Heinze, chairman of the petroleum engineering department at Texas Tech University, agrees that this is an unusual approach. 'Normally, you would not evacuate the riser until you were done with the last plug at the sea floor,' he said in an interview.

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`Future bright for India´s tech textiles, nonwovens´

May 11, 2010

The future is bright for India’s nonwovens and technical textiles sector on rising middle income population who will fuel the domestic consumption of products such as hygiene and feminine care. This will be one of the drivers for growth for the nonwovens and technical textiles (NWTT) industry in India, according to Seshadri Ramkumar, Associate Professor of Non-wovens and technical textiles at Texas Tech University, USA.

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