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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
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Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Wesley J. Smith

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Wesley J. Smith
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March 26, 2025
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Schiavo Case Was a Terrible Cultural Tipping Point

Wesley J. Smith
March 26, 2025
Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science Reporting
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The case elevated the culture of death into a conflagration. It boosted the passage of assisted suicide laws. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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March 14, 2025
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Botany
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Microbes as “Moral Agents”? Bioethicist Says Yes

Wesley J. Smith
March 14, 2025
Bioethics, Botany, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences
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Only a philosopher could claim seriously that humans owe significant moral duties to microbes. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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March 13, 2025
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PETA Sues NIH for Violating Its “First Amendment Right” to Talk to Monkeys

Wesley J. Smith
March 13, 2025
Bioethics, Science Reporting
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There is not one modern medical treatment or intervention that does not involve animal research at some point in the process. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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March 12, 2025
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Stand Up for Science or… for Naked Ideology?

Wesley J. Smith
March 12, 2025
Bioethics, Scientific Freedom
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“Stand Up for Science 2025” protests were clearly aimed at reaffirming control by the now discredited science establishment. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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March 3, 2025
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Medicine
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Far from Chastened by Reality, Scientific Authoritarians Are Doubling Down

Wesley J. Smith
March 3, 2025
Medicine, Scientific Freedom
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Ethan Siegel, an astrophysicist and award-winning science writer, advocates for criminally and civilly punishing violators of the “scientific consensus.” Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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February 27, 2025
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Claim: Only Doctors Can Prevent Global Warming

Wesley J. Smith
February 27, 2025
Bioethics, Medicine
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Science, medical, and bioethics journals are setting themselves up as the new political resistance. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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February 19, 2025
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Defending Human Exceptionalism in Munich

Wesley J. Smith
February 19, 2025
Bioethics, Medicine
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This matters tremendously because human exceptionalism is the necessary predicate to universal human rights. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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February 10, 2025
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Bioethics
Environment & Climate
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“Indigenous Wisdom” Would Make Environmental Science Less Scientific

Wesley J. Smith
February 10, 2025
Bioethics, Environment & Climate, History of Science, Physical Sciences
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Indigenous people were and are keen observers of nature but modern environment policy needs to be deeply rooted in science as well as culture. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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January 30, 2025
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This Mountain Is Now a “Person” with “Rights” and Even “Responsibilities”

Wesley J. Smith
January 30, 2025
Bioethics, Environment & Climate
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And what responsibilities can the mountain possibly assume? Can it be sued for an avalanche? Ridiculous! Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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January 26, 2025
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Elephant Personhood — Nixed Again

Wesley J. Smith
January 26, 2025
Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind
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The activists had some reason for hope. Two judges in New York’s highest court swallowed the baloney in a 5–2 ruling. Read More ›

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