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Declaration of Independence with glasses, quill pen and candle
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We Hold Some Truths To Be Self Evident

When we celebrate our country’s independence on July 4th, the day may resonate with many Americans more powerfully than in other recent years. The nation’s political mood is increasingly, well, independent. Voters are fed up with incumbent politicians and reigning political parties. This accounts for the unlikely bestselling books that keep shooting up out of what might seem like nowhere — previously obscure biographies of the Founders that pose fundamental questions about the role of our government and what direction the nation is headed. In a welcome development, Americans want to refresh their acquaintance with the sources of our rights as citizens. Yet there is one source, more basic than any other, that so far has not received the attention Read More ›

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Former Senator Rick Santorum speaking at CPAC FL in Orlando, Florida.
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“The ‘Teach the Controversy’ Controversy”: David DeWolf Tells the True Story of the Santorum Amendment

Professor DeWolf tells of the adoption of the Santorum Amendment into the Conference Report of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Read More ›
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Biden, Clinton, Edwards, Kerry, McCain (in 2001) Agree: High School Curriculum Should Inform Students About the Evolution Controversy; Palin (in 2006) Lets It Be Optional

There's a reason for the bipartisan support at America's highest political level for "teach the controversy:" the people want it. Read More ›
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10 Books That Screwed Up the World, with a Bizarre Twist

Benjamin Wiker’s latest book, 10 Books That Screwed Up the World: And 5 Others That Didn’t Help, is fantastic. In fact, it’s so great that even people who completely misunderstand his argument want to crib from his notes. Read More ›

Alchemy, Marxism, and the future of Darwinism

I recently found myself in a conversation with two college undergraduates, both of them seniors in the natural sciences (physics and biochemistry, respectively). At one point we were discussing alchemy, which they knew as a pre-modern attempt to transmute lead into gold. I asked them whether they could name any famous alchemists. They could not, though one of them dimly recalled hearing of “someone whose name began with A.” I then predicted that Darwinian evolution would eventually fade into the same obscurity that now shrouds alchemy. Although I knew from previous conversations that my young friends were skeptical of Darwinian theory, they expressed considerable surprise at my prediction, if only because Darwinism is presently held in such high esteem by Read More ›

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