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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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December 18, 2024
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Bioethics
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Learning to Love Industrial Farming

Wesley J. Smith
December 18, 2024
Bioethics, Environment & Climate, Life Sciences
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"Old MacDonald-style farms where soil is nurtured with love and animals have names rather than numbers may sound environmentally friendly." Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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December 2, 2024
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Bioethics
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Now It’s “Whale Rights”

Wesley J. Smith
December 2, 2024
Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind
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As often is the case in nature rights activism, “indigenous wisdom” is invoked as somehow superior to modern conservation. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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November 3, 2024
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Medicine
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We Can’t Let “Experts” Decide the Morality of Making “Humanized Animals”

Wesley J. Smith
November 3, 2024
Bioethics, Medicine
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Bioethics is a utilitarianish social-political movement whose primary advocates are usually philosophers, lawyers, and/or doctors. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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October 22, 2024
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Bioethics
Evolution
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Will Colorado Permit Elephants to Sue?

Wesley J. Smith
October 22, 2024
Bioethics, Evolution
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Many law schools teach courses in animal rights, training lawyers for the day the courtroom door opens to animals. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
October 19, 2024
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Bioethics
Science Reporting
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With Yet More Politics and Ideology, Top Science Journal Labors to Sink Its Own Reputation

Wesley J. Smith
October 19, 2024
Bioethics, Science Reporting
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Now, in the mushiest softball Q&A one can imagine, they are boosting an anti-Israel protester. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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October 8, 2024
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Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
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Bioethicists Push Psychedelics for an “Interesting” Life

Wesley J. Smith
October 8, 2024
Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind
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The dangers of taking such drugs aside, this essay reflects the reductionism of our time. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
October 1, 2024
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Bioethics
Medicine
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Medical Journal Has a Ghoulish Proposal: Conjoining Euthanasia with Organ Harvesting

Wesley J. Smith
October 1, 2024
Bioethics, Medicine
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This much is clear: We are far down the road of objectifying the bodies of suicidal people to permit unethical acts. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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September 26, 2024
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Bioethics
Medicine
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“Doctor” Nitschke’s Suicide Pod Claims Its First Victim

Wesley J. Smith
September 26, 2024
Bioethics, Medicine
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Was the capsule tested? If so, how? On animals? Who knows? Somehow, these questions don’t get asked. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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September 25, 2024
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Medicine
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For Suicide, Disguised “Public Health” Policies Aren’t the Solution

Wesley J. Smith
September 25, 2024
Bioethics, Medicine
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The authors even suggest regulations controlling the manufacture of ceiling fans because some people have used the mechanisms to hang themselves. Read More ›

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