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Image: The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776, by John Trumbull, via Wikimedia Commons.

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

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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Charlie Kirk, Murdered in Dialogue with College Students

Kirk traveled the country and openly invited dialogue and debate among people with different views and backgrounds. Read More ›
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Back to the Future with Larry Sanger — And Chris Rufo, Richard Sternberg, and Michael Egnor

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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John West: Darwin’s Corrosive Idea

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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Reviewing Sapiens: An Evolutionary Deconstruction of Human Rights

Yuval Noah Harari deconstructs the most famous line from the Declaration of Independence. Read More ›
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Photo: Bill Nye and the March for Science, by Paul and Cathy / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0).

When “Science” Becomes a Cult

The problem comes when, in order to win our acceptance, double-talk is used to pretend that a cult is something other than what it is. Read More ›
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John West: How Evolution Drained Meaning from Nature

if you are not among the 600,000+ people who have seen the multiple award-winning documentary Human Zoos, from Discovery Institute and Dr. West, find it here. Read More ›
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Listen: John West on Scientific Racism and the Cachet of Darwinism in the Humanities

On race, scientists followed Darwin’s thinking until religious and civil rights leaders, not other scientists, ultimately shamed them out of it. Read More ›
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A Darwinist Deconstructs the Declaration of Independence

Yuval Noah Harari quickly gets down to business, unsentimentally shredding Jefferson’s noble phrases. Read More ›
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Image: Stump Speaking, 1886, by George Caleb Bingham, via Wikimedia Commons.

Darwin, Marx, and Something Called Political “Science”

A central progressive theme was historicism, crediting history almost exclusively with the development of culture. Read More ›

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