Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature
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2019

Gauger
Photo courtesy of The Village Forum, Saratoga, CA. 

A Debate in California; a Piece of Business

Dr. S. Joshua Swamidass and I spoke on the topic of God and Evolution. Read More ›
Lake Erie
rights
Photo credit: Lake Erie, by miketoler820 via Pixabay.

Lake Erie Now Has Rights

If nature has rights, that means everything does, which devalues “rights” just as a wild inflation deflates the worth of currency. Read More ›
cerium
rare earth
Photo: A sample of cerium, a rare earth element, by Jurii [CC BY 1.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Rare Earth Elements and Intelligent Design

Can we explain human technology merely by supernova explosions and blind chance? In rare earth elements, we find hints of a better explanation. Read More ›
South Dakota State Capitol
academic freedom
Photo: South Dakota State Capitol, by Runner1928 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

In South Dakota, More Groundless Alarm about Academic Freedom

South Dakota’s HB 1270, proposed this year, was a simple, straightforward academic freedom bill. Unfortunately, it did not pass. Read More ›
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Photo: Holmdel Horn Antenna, where Penzias and Wilson made their discovery, by Fabioj [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Confirming the Big Bang: The Early Decades

Cosmologists have come a long way since Edwin Hubble published that ratty looking plot of galaxy recession velocities versus distance. Read More ›
Jerry Coyne
materialists
Photo: Jerry Coyne interviewed by Dave Rubin on The Rubin Report (screen shot).

Welcome, Jerry Coyne, to the Exciting Field of Intelligent Design Research

The anatomy, embryology, and evolution of the recurrent laryngeal nerve are fascinating. Read More ›
darkness
newborns
Photo credit: Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash.

Darkness Rising: As It Turns Out, Not All Newborns Have a Right to Life

The culture of death — the dehumanization of the vulnerable and the unwanted — is fast upon us. Read More ›
Jasper van der Meij
Photo credit: Jasper van der Meij via Unsplash and Aquinas.Design. 

What Is Intelligent Design? A Thomistic Perspective

What is it, metaphysically one might say, that distinguishes design in the ID sense from ubiquitous teleological design, in a Thomistic sense? Read More ›
Behe Richmond
Lents
Photo: Michael Behe teaching at the recent Intelligent Design Education Day in Richmond, VA, by Richard Elliott.

Listen: Behe, McDiarmid Continue a Discussion of the Lents Review

Mike and Andrew have a good time considering the range of ways in which the preemptive, prepublication review fell short. Read More ›
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Michael Behe
Images courtesy of Eric Metaxas and Socrates in the City.

Sold Out Evening with Michael Behe, Eric Metaxas Was a Blast; Video to Follow

The house was packed and the two stars signed books and made new friends. A great and highly entertaining event. Read More ›

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