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Science, Faith, and Einstein

Einstein’s dictum about thinking for yourself therefore holds for faith as much as for science. It must come before commitment and obedience. Read More ›
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When Materialism Turns on Its Own

A cadre of atheist scientists, including Lawrence Krauss and Jerry Coyne, have long worked to silence and deplatform scientists who hold to the theory of ID. Read More ›
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West Virginia Passes Bill Protecting Teacher Rights to Answer Student Questions on “Scientific Theories”

West Virginia joins Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, Indiana, and Mississippi to become the sixth state to adopt some form of an academic freedom policy. Read More ›
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PNAS Paper: “Scientific Censorship Appears to Be Increasing”

The intelligent design community is well aware of the problem. One section in the paper that categorizes types of persecution sounds alarmingly familiar. Read More ›
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Fossil Friday: Triassic Kraken Hypothesis Provoked Scornful Darwinist Revenge

Instead of a reasonable and fair scientific debate, McMenamin’s hypothesis has been ridiculed by other scientists and science journalists. Read More ›
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Live Not by Lies: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Intelligent Design

When one person stands up to lies or oppression, others can become emboldened to do the same. Read More ›
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How Media Helped to Corrupt Science

Traditional popular media, science media, and science journalists have all helped create a situation where we can’t afford to Trust the Science! Read More ›
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Luskin: Book Banning? Woke Forces Know All About That; They Practiced on Us

"Those 49 words — suggesting that students consult a library book if they wanted to learn more about a scientific idea — were too much for the thought police." Read More ›
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Charles Darwin statue Shrewsbury
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I Got Canceled by the National Science Teaching Association

My topic was “The Top 10 Scientific Arguments Against Darwin’s Theory — According to Darwin Himself.” Read More ›
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Summer Seminars in Colorado — A FREE Remedy for Cancel Culture; Applications Due April 1

As one of our students last year said at the concluding banquet, the Summer Seminars represent “science as it should be, rather than science as it is.” Read More ›

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