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Alfred Russel Wallace: Shedding Light on Darwin’s Shadow

Nature’s prophet and Darwin's challenger, Wallace's effort was to restore nature to the “space-spirit hierarchy” it once knew. Read More ›
Wallace notebooks
Wallace notebooks
Photo: Wallace's notebooks, at the Linnean Society, London, by John Cummings / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).

Dembski: “Recent Studies Have Vindicated Wallace” Over Darwin

“Scholars have wasted their time trying to exonerate Darwin of responsibility for Social Darwinism, for he was a Social Darwinist.” Read More ›
Michelangelo's David
Michelangelo's David
Photo: David, by Michelangelo / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).

Only Wallace’s “Intelligent Evolution” Can Explain the Kingdoms of Speech and Faith

In 2016 the late great journalist, novelist, and social commentator Tom Wolfe exposed Darwin’s unsolved riddle, or one of them anyway. Read More ›
Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
Image: Alfred Russel Wallace, by London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company (active 1855-1922) / Public domain.

Biology’s “Best-Kept Secret” — Alfred Wallace’s Classic Is Out Now in a New Edition

On the subject of evolution, the scientific “consensus” depends on maintaining the our forgetfulness of Charles Darwin’s great partner, rival, and challenger. Read More ›
United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket
Image: United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, by NASA/Joel Kowsky.

Whatever the Cause, We Are No Accident

The unique fitness of nature for carbon-based life and intelligent beings of our biology is an empirical discovery. Read More ›
copper penny
Photo: A 100 percent copper penny, by US Mint (coin), National Numismatic Collection (photograph by Jaclyn Nash) / Public domain.

In Praise of Copper, a Gift from Nature

If the conductivity of copper were ten times less, wires would have to be ten times the cross-sectional area to provide the same conductivity. Read More ›
campfire
campfire
Photo credit: Manuel Meurisse, via Unsplash.

Combustion Is Anything but Ordinary

The combustion of wood or coal may seem so familiar as to be unworthy of any comment. Read More ›
Statue of a young Charles Darwin
Statue of a young Charles Darwin
Photo: Statue of a young Charles Darwin, Shrewsbury School, by Ailurus~frwiki / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).

Darwinian Mythology in Strickberger’s Evolution

Just because something can be counted as science does not automatically mean that it is true. Read More ›
James Dwight Dana
James Dwight Dana
Image: James Dwight Dana, by Daniel Huntington (1816-1906) / Public domain.

James Dwight Dana: Falsely Claimed Darwinist

When it comes to claims of the “nearly unanimous” acceptance of Darwinian evolution, mere assertion cannot stand as fact. Read More ›
Theodore T. Munger
Theodore T. Munger
Theodore T. Munger, in 1913, by Benjamin Wisner Bacon / Public domain.

Theistic Evolution: The Case of Theodore Munger

In an extensive essay, Munger’s purpose was to show that evolution not only poses no threat to Christian faith but can confirm it Read More ›

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