Category: Political Science

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 30, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Political Science
Tagged
, americans, Bible, creator, creed, Declaration of Independence, Discovery Institute, endowed by our creator, Founders, generations, happiness, human beings, intelligent design, iterations, John West, liberty, life, natural theology, rights, slavery, social evolution, United States, vibe}

In the Year of the Declaration’s 250th, Condemning Slavery in the Name of a “Vibe”?

_{David Klinghoffer
March 30, 2026

Intelligent Design, Political Science

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How urgent this book’s message is was brought home to me over the weekend in a conversation with a bright young man. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Groothuis

Date
March 26, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Philosophy
Political Science
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, authoritarianism, Benjamin Franklin, Bible, biographers, Blaise Pascal, Buddhism, C. S. Lewis, caste system, Christian philosophy, Christianity, Declaration of Independence, Deists, Elon Musk, endowed by our creator, evolution, First Amendment, Founders, Founding, French Revolution, guillotine, happiness, Hinduism, humans, image of God, infidels, Islam, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Locke, John West, Judeo-Christian tradition, Leonardo da Vinci, philosophy, sanctity of life, Second Treatise on Government, social contract theory, St. Augustine, Steve Jobs, The Greatest Sentence Ever Written, The Social Contract, theism, theology, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Jefferson, Unitarians, universal human rights, utopianism, Walter Isaacson, worldview}

In Explicating the “Greatest Sentence,” New Book Falls Short

_{Douglas Groothuis
March 26, 2026

Evolution, Philosophy, Political Science

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No naturalistic account of human life, rooted in Darwin’s purposeless evolution, has reason to account humans as special in nature. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 24, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Political Science
Tagged
, __trending, Archbishop Fénelon, atoms, Benjamin Franklin, Bible, Christianity, Cicero, creator, culture, Declaration of Independence, Discovery Institute, endowed by our creator, faith and science, Founding, government, happiness, intelligence, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, John Adams, John Ray, John West, liberty, life, liturgy, natural philosophers, natural science, nature, pagans, philosophy, Psalms, race, revelation, Richard Blackmore, rights, Romans, Salvo Magazine, science, stars, Thomas Jefferson, universe}

John West: The Science Underlying the American Founding

_{David Klinghoffer
March 24, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Political Science

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Notice that Jefferson held this “without appeal to revelation.” That is, the study of nature alone was sufficient to produce “a conviction of design.” Read More ›

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Author
Terrell Clemmons

Date
March 24, 2026

Categories
Political Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Alexis de Tocqueville, anarchists, authority, birds, capitalists, Christianity, Christians, conformism, Congress, Dorothy Sayers, England, ethics, evil, faith and reason, food, good, intellectual authority, J. Budziszewski, Jews, Karl Marx, laboratory animals, libertarians, murmurations, mysteries, nonbelievers, Pandemic of Lunacy, Politics, pro-choice, public opinion, right, sanity, socialists, souls, status, status signaling, virtue signaling, wokeness, wrong}

The Flocking of Crowds: The Secular University and Unstable Mass Conformism

_{Terrell Clemmons
March 24, 2026

Political Science, Scientific Reasoning

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A bird sees another bird next to him fluttering, and he wants to flutter that way, too. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
March 3, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Political Science
Tagged
, atheist, Barack Obama, Benjamin Franklin, Bible, Calvin Coolidge, China, Curtis Yarvin, Declaration of Independence, Elizabeth Powel, endowed by our creator, equality, ethnicity, Founders, Freedom Train, French Revolution, G. K. Chesterton, geography, government, human rights, Independence Hall, liberty, Library of Congress, limited government, literature, National Archives, natural science, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Patrick Deneen, Philadelphia, philosophy, religion, Soviet Union, technocracy, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Constitution, United States, Vishal Mangalwadi}

Science, the Bible, and America’s Creed

_{John G. West
March 3, 2026

Faith & Science, Political Science

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When a wrong turn has been made, sometimes going back is the best way forward. If we want to restore America to health, we need to relearn the creed. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 2, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Political Science
Tagged
, American Founding, American Revolution, americans, Bible, blasphemy, consent, cornerstone, creator, Declaration of Independence, education, educators, endorsements, endowed by our creator, faith and science, feudalism, Founders, G. K. Chesterton, How Americans View the American Founding, human equality, jesus, John West, Middle East, monarchy, natural theologians, New Testament, political scientists, Politics, reason, revelation, theocracy, truths, United States, untruths, war}

War on the Founding: New Book by John West Describes the “Battle for America’s Soul”

_{David Klinghoffer
March 2, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Political Science

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At the present moment, defending the Declaration as our creed puts you on a collision course with some very influential people. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
September 11, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Political Science
Tagged
, assassination, conservatism, Donald Trump, free speech, gang violence, grassroots, MSNBC, New York Times, Politics, religious liberty, Ross Douthat, TikTok, transgenderism, Turning Point USA, violence}

Charlie Kirk, Murdered in Dialogue with College Students

_{Peter Biles
September 11, 2025

Faith & Science, Political Science

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Kirk traveled the country and openly invited dialogue and debate among people with different views and backgrounds. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 22, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Political Science
Tagged
, Bible, Christianity, Christopher Rufo, Communists, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute, DNA, Larry Sanger, Marxists, Michael Egnor, Michael Levin, Plato, Plato's Revenge, Richard Sternberg, Scripture, Stephen Meyer, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Aquinas, Timaeus, Wall Street Journal, Wikipedia, William A. Dembski}

Back to the Future with Larry Sanger — And Chris Rufo, Richard Sternberg, and Michael Egnor

_{David Klinghoffer
April 22, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Political Science

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There is something thrilling about looking back at a neglected text or person from the past and finding that — wow! — it or he speaks to issues of my own day. Read More ›

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Date
July 31, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Political Science
Tagged
, culture, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Darwin Day in America, Darwinism, human dignity, ID the Future, John West, materialism, nature, podcast, scientific racism, Western culture}

John West: Darwin’s Corrosive Idea

_{Science & Culture
July 31, 2022

Bioethics, Evolution, Political Science

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Darwin’s materialistic theory of evolution drained meaning from nature, undercut the idea of inherent human dignity, and fueled the rise of scientific racism. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 3, 2021

Categories
Ethics
Evolution
Political Science
Tagged
, animism, atheism, creator, David Klinghoffer, Declaration of Independence, elitism, endowed by their creator, equality, evolution, evolutionary ethics, freedom, Homo sapiens, human rights, ideas have consequences, metaethics, monotheism, morality, myths, nihilism, religion, Sapiens review, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, subjectivism, Thomas Jefferson, truth, Voltaire, Yuval Noah Harari}

Reviewing Sapiens: An Evolutionary Deconstruction of Human Rights

_{Casey Luskin
August 3, 2021

Ethics, Evolution, Political Science

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Yuval Noah Harari deconstructs the most famous line from the Declaration of Independence. Read More ›