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March for Science
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Bioethicists Want to Rule the World!

It seems to me that the best approach to the policy opinions of mainstream bioethicists is to consider the source, shrug, and carry on. Read More ›
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Photo: Charles Darwin in 1855, by Maull and Polyblank, Literary and Scientific Portrait Club, via Wikimedia Commons.

Joseph L. Graves as the “Black Darwin”? Think Again

Darwin could never be considered the kind of anti-racist activist Graves makes him out to be. Read More ›
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Yet Another Scholar Seeks to Airbrush Darwin’s Racist Legacy

Racists for decades, down to today, have looked to Charles Darwin as a champion of their ideas, and if they’re right about anything, it’s that. Read More ›
William Wilberforce
Photo: William Wilberforce, depicted in a statue at his birthplace in Hull, England; by Steve F-E-Cameron (Merlin-UK), CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

A Failed Attempt to Turn Darwin into Wilberforce

Nice try, Desmond and Moore. But criticizing Darwinian evolution does not make one a racist. The real Darwin is a far more ambiguous and conflicted figure. Read More ›
Darwin
Origin of Species
Photo: Mural portrait of Charles Darwin, Sidney Street, Sheffield cc-by-sa/2.0 © Neil Theasby via Geograph.

The Casual Racism of Charles Darwin

It is certainly startling to see the N-word cropping up in Darwin’s letters, but this is not the only place. Read More ›

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