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“Follow the Science”? Free Webinar, May 16, on Scientism and Society

In discussions of the virus, you probably have noticed the prominent use of strangely religious-sounding pleas — “Follow the science!” “Listen to the scientists!” Read More ›
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Push to Replace Earth Day with “Nature Rights”

The activists are right about one thing. Rights of nature would be far more effective in impeding development and extracting wealth from the land than the current system. Read More ›
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Dutch Supreme Court Approves Euthanasia for Dementia

The Reuters story leaves out some details. The doctor had drugged the woman before starting to euthanize her, and instructed the family to hold the struggling patient down. Read More ›
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The Jack Kevorkian Plague

The pathogen I mean is a cultural pandemic, the embrace of doctor-prescribed suicide and of administered homicide. Read More ›
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Balancing Lives, Economics, and Public Policy in This Plague

Our political policy makers (the President, Congress and the Senate, governors, etc.) should make their calculus transparent. Read More ›
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Are Humans “A Plague on the Earth”?

Back in January in Dallas, Discovery Institute organized its major conference on science and faith, before a huge and appreciative audience. Read More ›
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To Ask “Where Is God in This Pandemic?” Is to Acknowledge that God Exists

The problem of theodicy is real, of course. We don’t always know or understand God’s ways. Read More ›
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In Argentina, Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Refusing to Terminate Pregnancy

I can write those words. I understand their meaning. But I can’t comprehend such an utter rejection of human exceptionalism. Read More ›

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