Category: Scientific Freedom

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 8, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, anniversary, attorneys, biology class, Casey Luskin, Dover, Dover Area, Dover School Board, education, expert witness, geologists, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jaron Starner, Kitzmiller v. Dover, library, Meredith Willse, monkey costumes, monkeys, paragraphs, Pennsylvania, public schools, Steve Fuller, trauma, York Dispatch}

“My Public Education Was Ruined,” Weeps Dover High Grad

_{David Klinghoffer
January 8, 2026

Intelligent Design, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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A bit melodramatic, perhaps? Attorney and geologist Casey Luskin, who was present for part of the Dover trial, has this to say. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 8, 2026

Categories
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, censorship, Darwinian evolution, Dover, education, expert witness, ID the Future, intelligent design, Kitzmiller v. Dover, philosophy, public schools, science, science education, scientific revolution, theology, University of Warwick}

Philosopher Steve Fuller on Science, Censorship, and the “Church of Darwin”

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 8, 2026

Legal Science (jurisprudence), Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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The conversation delves into the institutional censorship within modern science, where ID concepts are effectively barred from professional journals. Read More ›

Exploded 3D visualization of a bacterial flagellum motor — molecular rotor proteins, membrane layers, proton flow illustrated

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 19, 2025

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, bias, Casey Luskin, censorship, creator, Darwinists, design hypothesis, Discovery Institute, dogmatism, Elon Musk, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, functionality, Grokipedia, Harvard University, intelligent design, intimidation, Irreducible Complexity, John West, Judge John E. Jones, junk DNA, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Larry Sanger, materialism, Pennsylvania, persecution, predictions, USA Today}

Vindicated: Three Dover-Related Predictions of Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
December 19, 2025

Biology, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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The design of the bacterial flagellum, mocked at Dover, is supported in time for the trial's anniversary by research from three Harvard physicists. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
December 19, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, biology, cells, censorship, Darwinists, DNA, dogmatism, Dover, evolutionary biologists, free speech, George Mason University, graduate students, intelligent design, Judge John Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover, molecular machines, Ohio State University, peer-reviewed journals, Pennsylvania, persecution, pluralism, Smithsonian Institution, USA Today}

It’s Over in Dover, but Not for Intelligent Design

_{John G. West
December 19, 2025

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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The more Darwinists resort to censorship and persecution, the clearer it will become that they are championing dogmatism, not science. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
December 17, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, intelligent design, John West, Judge John E. Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover, National Center for Science Education, public schools, Seth Cooper, Stephen Meyer, teachers, Ten Myths About Dover}

Ten Myths About Dover: No. 5, “Discovery Institute Supported Dover School Board Policy”

_{Sarah Chaffee
December 17, 2025

Intelligent Design, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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Both Judge John E. Jones and the media have promoted the myth that Discovery was somehow behind the events that sparked the case. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
December 14, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Cambridge University Press, Darwin lobby, Discovery Institute, Dover, Dover School Board, education, Foundation for Thought and Ethics, intelligent design, Judge John E. Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, Of Pandas and People, parents, Pennsylvania, plaintiffs, Scopes trial, Scott Minnich, Seth Cooper, Ten Myths About Dover}

Ten Myths About Dover: No. 9, “The ID Movement Had Its Day in Court”

_{Sarah Chaffee
December 14, 2025

Intelligent Design, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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Judge Jones lumped Dover’s policy with the intelligent design movement, as if they were inextricably linked. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
December 12, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, Alabama, biologic institute, California Science Center, Casey Luskin, Charles Marshall, Cornell University, Darwin’s Dilemma, Darwin’s Doubt, Discovery Institute, education, George Church, Granville Sewell, Illustra Media, intelligent design, John E. Jones, junk DNA, Kevin Padian, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Louisiana, Louisiana Science Education Act, Martin Gaskell, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, National Center for Science Education, Nature (journal), New Mexico, Nick Matzke, Pennsylvania, public policy, South Carolina, Ten Myths About Dover, Tennessee, Texas, Thomas Nagel, Times Literary Supplement, University of Kentucky}

Ten Myths About Dover: No. 10, “The Intelligent Design Movement Died After Dover”

_{Sarah Chaffee
December 12, 2025

Intelligent Design, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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In December 2005, Judge John E. Jones ruled that intelligent design is not science, but religion. Critics predicted this would mean the end of the ID movement. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 12, 2025

Categories
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, American Civil Liberties Union, Antonin Scalia, Ball State University, Clarence Darrow, Council of Europe, Dayton, Discovery Institute, DNA, Eric Hedin, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, fossil record, freedom from religion foundation, Günter Bechly, ID 3.0, Inherit the Wind, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jerry Coyne, John Scopes, Kitzmiller v. Dover, monkey law, public schools, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Jay Gould, Supreme Court, Tennessee, Texas, Tree of Life, UC Berkeley, University of Idaho, William Jennings Bryan}

Scopes in Reverse: A History of Evolution Education in U.S. Public Schools

_{Casey Luskin
December 12, 2025

Legal Science (jurisprudence), Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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Undoubtedly there will be more court cases and curriculum battles in the future over how to teach evolution. Read More ›

A symbolic visual of two scales, one side tipped heavily, surrounded by stormy clouds and sparks, representing the tension of a fierce debate

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 19, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Freedom
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, bias, chess, Darwinian evolution, evidence, evolution, intelligent design, interviews, Jacob Vasquez, podcast, Research, Richard Dawkins, The Design Inference, Truthful Hope, William Dembski, Winston Ewert, writing}

Dembski Has Fun with Evolution’s “Overwhelming Evidence”

_{David Klinghoffer
November 19, 2025

Evolution, Scientific Freedom, Scientific Reasoning

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From Richard Dawkins and the like, William Dembski has heard the phrase many, many times. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 18, 2025

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Anna Krylov, bias, editors, ideology, integrity, Joe Biden, journals, Kamala Harris, medicine, Nature (journal), objectivity, Patrick T. Brown, propaganda, reform, skepticism, standards, The Free Press, universalism}

With Political Litmus Tests, Science Journals Go Anti-Science

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 18, 2025

Scientific Freedom, Scientific Reasoning

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If more scientists follow Anna Krylov’s lead, perhaps these journals can regain the high regard in which they were once held. I certainly hope so. Read More ›