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Author
Bruce Chapman

Date
September 15, 2013

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Faith & Science
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, __k-review, history, Views}

Save John Harvard

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September 15, 2013

Faith & Science

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Perhaps the Freedom From Religion Foundation should demand that the old man's seated statue be removed from Harvard Yard and the name of the college changed to Pinker. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Chapman

Date
September 8, 2013

Categories
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Science Reporting
Scientific Freedom
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, __k-review, science}

“Scientists Say”: A Ubiquitous Category of Media Hype

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September 8, 2013

Environment & Climate, Evolution, Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom

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The ice cap in the Arctic is 60 percent bigger than this time last year, scientists say. Read More ›

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Bruce Chapman

Date
August 28, 2013

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Science
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Unsettling Science

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August 28, 2013

Science

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Real Clear Science is a disappointing source of scientific news and opinion, largely because it seems to be edited with the idea that there is no mere "opinion" to it. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Chapman

Date
August 19, 2013

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
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, __k-review, video}

“Materialism” Means More than Greed

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August 19, 2013

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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For those who deplore materialism in science, it is useful to consider that the lack of a sense of the spiritual in people's lives often finds its replacement in the pursuit of status and things. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Chapman

Date
July 24, 2013

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
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, __k-review}

Bill Nye and Science Lies

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July 24, 2013

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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Imagine someone called "The Democracy Guy" or "The Medicine Guy" who rendered judgments on a subject he hadn't fairly studied and did not accurately represent. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Chapman

Date
July 21, 2013

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Scientific Freedom
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, __k-review, Ball State University, Nation}

Freedom from Religion Foundation Now Goes After Judaism

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July 21, 2013

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Scientific Freedom

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FFRF, the group that has been trying to intimidate Ball State University in Indiana over a course on the "Boundaries of Science," has a new cause. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Chapman

Date
July 1, 2013

Categories
Evolution
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
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, __k-review, Colleagues' Responses, Darwin's Doubt, Response to Criticism}

A Countercultural Appetite for Darwin’s Doubt

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July 1, 2013

Evolution, Legal Science (jurisprudence)

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The standard Darwinian tactic is to ignore plausible counterarguments, and when that no longer suffices, to smear authors as creationists who don't understand science. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Chapman

Date
June 12, 2013

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
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, __k-review, Views}

George Gilder and Stephen Meyer on Creativity in Various Forms

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June 12, 2013

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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A Forbes review of George Gilder's new book, Knowledge and Power, describes the crucial role that information theory plays in Gilder's new economics Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Chapman

Date
June 8, 2013

Categories
Science Education
Science Reporting
Scientific Freedom
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, __k-review}

Ball State Should Get on the Ball

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June 8, 2013

Science Education, Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom

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A writer in the em>Fort Wayne (IN) News-Sentinel says the Freedom from Religion Foundation has provoked an "inquisition" into the teaching of a professor of physics. Read More ›

Psychotherapy session, woman talking to his psychologist in the studio

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Author
Bruce Chapman

Date
May 28, 2013

Categories
Psychology
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, __nedited, Eric Hedin, freedom from religion foundation, mathematics, psychiatry, psychology}

Psychiatry as “Science” Controversy Grows

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May 28, 2013

Psychology

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Slowly it is dawning on people that the borders of "science" are not hard; they bleed into other fields and cannot be construed as fixed. Read More ›