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Image credit: Galen and Hippocrates, two ancient physicians, depicted in a fresco from Anagni Cathedral in Italy, by Nina Aldin Thune via Wikimedia Commons. 

Medicine, Religion, and Cosmos — Was Andrew Cuomo Wrong to Invoke God?

In a press conference yesterday about the coronavirus, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo used notably religious language. Read More ›
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Photo: Argentine flag, by davidlpicon via Pixabay.

In Argentina, Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Refusing to Terminate Pregnancy

I can write those words. I understand their meaning. But I can’t comprehend such an utter rejection of human exceptionalism. Read More ›
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No to “Quality of Life” Coronavirus Healthcare Rationing

In a world of bioethicists who primarily eschew the sanctity/equality of life ethic, Fordham University’s Charles Camosy is a refreshing ethicist worthy of the title. Read More ›
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Photo: Joe the truck driver, by Veronica538 / CC BY-SA.

Science Expert Slaps the “Anti-Intellectuals,” Again

I stopped by Joe the truck driver’s house to talk. Joe read Yale neurologist Steven Novella’s essay, and he didn’t think much of it. Read More ›
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Upstairs into the Plague

Every stock boy or housekeeper or nurse is doing more to fight this pandemic than all the politicians and talking-head science grifters and tenure-track professors. Read More ›
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Listen: Biochemist Michael Behe Puts Coronavirus in a Helpful Scientific Perspective

Are we 8 percent virus (when we’re not 98 percent chimpanzee)? Dr. Behe explains that it’s not quite that clear. Read More ›
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China Credibly Accused of Organ-Harvesting Atrocity

A report presents shocking evidence of horrific human-rights abuses, including from witness testimony, analyses of public records, and reviewing of scholarly reports. Read More ›
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Doctor’s Diary: On Designed Obsolescence

Dying actually begins at conception. From the moment of conception the directions for a person’s demise are passed on to every cell. Read More ›
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Rats Are People, Too!

A philosopher and a bioethicist want a “Jane Goodall” to come forward as “an ambassador for rats.” Read More ›
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Intelligent Design and the Study of Epidemics

The reality to which these scientists are “one step closer” is the fact that ID research is indispensable to medicine and biology.  Read More ›

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