Category: Political Science | Page 2 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 19, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Political Science
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, __recommended, americans, ancestry, Benjamin Franklin, Bill of Rights, Britain, Carlsonian Right, Christian conservatives, Christianity, creator, creedal nation, culture, Daily Wire, Darwinian evolution, Declaration of Independence, Democrats, demographics, designer, Discovery Institute, endowed by our creator, Europe, faith and science, government, Harry Jaffa, heritage Americans, human equality, humans, ideology, J. D. Vance, John Adams, John West, polling, reason, Republicans, scholarship, Seattle, sin, Smith Tower, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Constitution, United States, Vice President}

Hope from Science and New Polling on America’s Creed

_{David Klinghoffer
June 19, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science, Political Science

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John West discussed the meaning of equality, enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, when it’s obvious that individual humans are not all equally gifted. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 1, 2026

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Political Science
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, appearance, automobiles, Ben Carson, brains, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Declaration of Independence, dura, endowed by our creator, ethnicity, eye color, Founders, genetics, human skull, humans, John West, neurosurgeons, neurosurgery, operating room, race, skin color}

Ben Carson, John West: Human Equality in a Neurosurgeon’s View

_{David Klinghoffer
June 1, 2026

Neuroscience & Mind, Political Science

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You could draw a comparison to looking under the hood of your car, versus looking under the hood of mine. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 29, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Political Science
Tagged
, altruism, behavior, Binghamton University, biology, Bret Weinstein, Bruce Harrell, businesses, Communism, Darwinian evolution, David Sloan Wilson, Discovery Institute, eugenics, evolutionary theory, evolutionary tree, freeway, graffiti, group selection, Heather Heying, homelessness, Howard Schultz, human waste, intelligent design, Katie Wilson, madness, millionaires, millionaires’ tax, natural selection, new york, radicalism, scientific racism, Seattle, socialism, Soviet Union, Starbucks, tax revenue, taxpayers, Tennessee, Wall Street Journal, World Cup, zombies}

In Seattle, Socialism Is the Flip Side of a Faulty Evolutionary Theory

_{David Klinghoffer
May 29, 2026

Evolution, Political Science

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Mayor Katie’s father is David Sloan Wilson, an esteemed evolutionary biologist at Binghamton University. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 13, 2026

Categories
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Political Science
Tagged
, Alexander H. Stephens, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Darwin, Civil War, Confederacy, Cornerstone Speech, Declaration of Independence, endowed by our creator, Founders, human equality, intelligent design, John West, liturgy, natural theology, Politics, Power Line, scientific racism, slavery, Southerners, Steve Hayward, United States, window dressing}

Debating the Declaration: John West on Science in the American Founding

_{David Klinghoffer
May 13, 2026

History of Science, Intelligent Design, Political Science

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Even non-Christian Founders like Benjamin Franklin thought about the evidence for intelligent design. Franklin studied it as part of his private liturgy. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 11, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Political Science
Tagged
, belief, China, creator, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Declaration of Independence, endowed by our creator, equality, Founders, Founding, ink, John West, Mao Zedong, materialists, National Archives, nations, natural science, nature, rights, sentiment, Soviet Union, sunlight, tombs, United States, V.I. Lenin}

John West: The Science of the American Founding Has Been Vindicated

_{David Klinghoffer
May 11, 2026

Intelligent Design, Political Science

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On display at the National Archives, the Declaration’s ink has faded from past exposure to sunlight. But its truths haven’t faded. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 27, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Political Science
Tagged
, americans, Bible, creator, creed, death, Declaration of Independence, documentary, endowed by our creator, equality, Founders, government, human beings, human identity, Iran, John Adams, John West, life, physical existence, reality, rights, The Story of Everything, Tim Kaine, tyrants, universe, Virginia}

John West: Our National Creed Rests on Propositions About Reality

_{David Klinghoffer
April 27, 2026

Intelligent Design, Political Science

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As we approach the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, what “story” we hold to be true matters as much as it has always done. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 24, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Political Science
Tagged
, beliefs, campuses, Chronicles, college, conspiracy theories, donors, Fathom Entertainment, influencers, John Zmirak, parents, pastors, religious practice, The Story of Everything, Vivek Ramaswamy, young people}

A Movie to Share with Young People: Now, Subsidized Tickets for Students!

_{David Klinghoffer
April 24, 2026

Faith & Science, Political Science

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"Surveys show a 70 percent drop-off in religious practice during college, even at many faith-based schools." Read More ›

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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
, 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 ›