Edward R. Huff, a bio-resource engineer (retired) at the University of Maine, quotes liberal and conservative pundits as well as scientists and energy specialists to make his case that the supply of oil and gas are diminishing even as human use increases. It is time to ramp up fuel taxes both to increase conservation of nonrenewable resources and to promote the development of renewables.

The editor offers a brief summary of an exchange that was published in two issues of the journal Conservation Biology (April and December, 2005). Prof. David Orr (Oberlin College) identified evangelicals with the environmentally careless attitude of the George W. Bush administration. Six respondents, several of them evangelicals, responded critically and in some cases appreciatively, arguing that the best of Christian efforts to advance creation care must increasingly join forces with conservation biologists to advance environmental protection.

Center for Public Justice president James Skillen introduces and comments on the six paragraphs of the Center's first Guideline for Government and Citizenship. In that Guideline on “Political Community” the Center offers a clear, brief summary of what should constitute a community of citizens and government under law. Seven other Guidelines have been published thus far and will be introduced in future issues of the Report.

Woo-Yea Hwang is a remarkable Christian member of Korea's National Assembly, the parliament of the republic whose capital is Seoul. Michael Choi, a Korean-American graduate student, spent the latter half of last year as Mr. Hwang's assistant for foreign affairs and got to know the Assemblyman personally. Choi's article introduces Hwang and his reason for committing himself to public service. Choi also describes some of Hwang's most important leadership efforts.

During 2005, the media gave plenty of attention to a dispute in Dover, Pennsylvania over efforts to qualify the teaching of evolution in the area high school. Intelligent Design came up for examination and criticism because it is the growing challenger to evolutionary theory's dominance in the scientific and educational world. But no one has given a more careful, appreciative, and critical assessment of Intelligent Design than Uko Zylstra, biology professor at Calvin College. In this issue's “Editor's Watch” the work of Zylstra is introduced.