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Charles Darwin statue Shrewsbury
Charles Darwin statue Shrewsbury
Photo: Statue of Charles Darwin, Shrewsbury Library, by Bs0u10e01 / CC BY-SA.

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 ›
Gonzalez
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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 ›
Luskin Shapiro
Image source: Unbelievable? via YouTube (screenshot).

Luskin, Shapiro: Has Intelligent Design Waned?

Shapiro suggests that ID often amounts to a presenter highlighting an amazing feature in biology and then giving glory to God. Read More ›
Benjamin Franklin quote 1722
Photo: Benjamin Franklin quote, 1722, by k_donovan11, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Do Non-Scientists Have Freedom to Question Darwinism?

College professors are not the only targets in academia who face discrimination because of their skepticism of Darwinism. Students can be even more vulnerable. Read More ›
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free speech
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Do Scientists Have Freedom to Question Darwinism?

The list of scientists, teachers, students, and others who have faced discrimination for their public skepticism of Darwinism is long and growing. Read More ›
Gunter Bechly
Photo: Günter Bechly in a scene from the documentary Revolutionary, via Discovery Institute.

A Darwin Day Exhibit Backfires

Hear the story of how leading German paleo-entomologist and Darwinist Günter Bechly became convinced of intelligent design. Read More ›
Phillip E. Johnson
intelligent design
Photo: Phillip E. Johnson, by Paul Nelson.

Stephen Meyer on Phillip Johnson’s Courage

“There are many many many people who have come to the water’s edge, who have seen the problems with Darwinian evolution, have counted the cost, and recoiled.” Read More ›
Eugenie Scott
Photo: Eugenie Scott, by Sgerbic, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Eugenie Scott Lecture Resurrects, Spreads Misinformation on Intelligent Design

There often seems to be a subtext to her remarks, as if she were telling her audience: “Go forth and persecute.” Read More ›
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teachers
Photo: A high school biology classroom, by Dannel Malloy, via Flickr (cropped).

Give Parents a Say in Education? Imagine That!

As with cancel culture, ID proponents and Darwin skeptics were well aware of this issue for years, long before it came to the forefront in the present moment. Read More ›
Jerry Coyne
Jerry Coyne
Photo: Jerry Coyne on The Dave Rubin Show, via YouTube (screenshot).

Doublethink: Censor of the Year Calls for Free Speech

Jerry Coyne, who punched down, canceled Eric Hedin, and never apologized, deplores what he calls the “denial-of-free-speech movement.” Read More ›

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