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Photo: Thanos, screen shot from Avengers: Infinity War trailer, via Marvel Entertainment.

Avengers: Infinity War — The Culture of Death Goes Galactic

The archvillain's motivations are crystal clear, and very familiar if you know about the views on human population associated with Paul Ehrlich or, even more so, Eric Pianka. Read More ›
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Photo: U.S. Marshalls with a witness under protection, by United States Marshals Service [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Intelligent Design’s Witness Protection Program

Yesterday I was involved in negotiating email contact between an ID proponent in academia and a professor who’s not an ID proponent. Read More ›
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Photo: Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, by Rodhullandemu (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

This Is What Medical Authoritarianism Looks Like

The Alfie Evans saga continues to roil the U.K., and it is increasingly looking like the Terri Schiavo case. Read More ›
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Photo: Kevin Williamson, via Upstream Ideas/YouTube.

Kevin Williamson and All That: Missing the Big Story on Free Speech

People who care about defending freedom of expression are grateful for just about any attention the issue receives from the media. Read More ›
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Gerber Baby
Photo: Lucas Warren, the new Gerber Baby, via YouTube/Radio.com.

Abortion and the New Eugenics

Ruth Marcus sees the eugenics danger with which we are presented — and doesn’t care. Read More ›
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Photo credit: joelfotos, via Pixabay.

David Barash’s Shocking Suggestion

Continuity with our species does not provide any protection at all. This is because the evolutionary process cannot confer any value on humans — or any other species. Read More ›
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Image: "Boy with a Broken Egg," 1756, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

First State-Sanctioned Three-Parent Babies to be Born

The children could have serious health consequences — either early or later in life — having been generated, after all, from two broken eggs. Read More ›

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