Tag: C. W. Howell

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 27, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, academic publishers, biologists, book reviewers, book reviews, C. W. Howell, Casey Luskin, David E. Levin, Denis Noble, Designer Science, ID critics, inventory, Jason Rosenhouse, Jerry Coyne, mathematicians, Michael Behe, National Center for Science Education, NCSE, Neo-Darwinism, New York University Press, North Carolina Law Review, obsession, Oxford University, scholarship, Wikipedia}

NCSE Still Exists! A Hallucinatory Book Review from Jason Rosenhouse

_{David Klinghoffer
October 27, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Rosenhouse is in the same gallery of shame that C. W. Howell is, and that resulted in Howell’s book being yanked by the publisher, NYU Press. Read More ›

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Date
October 22, 2026

Categories
Ethics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biochemists, C. W. Howell, Designer Science, dissertation, Duke University, emendation, fake history, fake news, Judge John E. Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, misattribution, New York University Press, scholarship, smoking gun}

C. W. Howell Scrubs Fabricated Behe Quote from Dissertation Without Coming Clean

_{Science & Culture
October 22, 2026

Ethics, Intelligent Design

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The ethical thing would have been to apologize and admit the seriousness of his mistake. His smoking gun, after all, wasn’t just a dud. It was imaginary. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 17, 2026

Categories
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biologic institute, C. W. Howell, Casey Luskin, culture, Darwin Devolves, Darwin’s Doubt, Designer Science, Dover trial, fake quotes, history, ID the Future, intelligent design, Michael Behe, podcast, Politics, religion, Research, Robert J. Marks, Science and Culture Today, scientific papers, Stephen Meyer, William Dembski, Winston Ewert, YouTube videos}

The Missing Two Decades! What C. W. Howell Left Out of His “History” of ID

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 17, 2026

History of Science, Intelligent Design

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I conclude my conversation with Dr. Casey Luskin about his critique of a recent book from New York University Press, by C. W. Howell. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
September 8, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abstract, biochemists, C. W. Howell, Discovery Institute, dissertation, documentation, Duke University, fabrication, investigation, Michael Behe, New York University Press, notation, Office of Counsel, public access, publishers, reputational harm}

Duke University to Remove Access to C. W. Howell’s Dissertation with Fabrication

_{John G. West
September 8, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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On August 27, I wrote to Duke's Office of Counsel, informing them that Howell’s book has been withdrawn by its publisher because of the fabricated quote. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
September 4, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, academic fabrication, ACLU, atheists, Brian Josephson, C. W. Howell, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Christian magazines, Christianity Today, Christians, Darwinian theory, Denis Noble, Designer Science, Discovery Institute, Dover School District, Edward Larson, evolution, intelligent design, materialists, Michael Behe, misinformation, New York University Press, Oxford University, Pulitzer Prize, Ronald Numbers, Scopes trial, secular voices, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, Summer for the Gods, William Jennings Bryan}

How a Christian Magazine and a Christian Scholar Boosted a Book with a Fabricated Quote

_{John G. West
September 4, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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As you might have noticed, the critics of intelligent design I’m discussing here aren’t atheists or materialists. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 2, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, academia, C. W. Howell, Designer Science, discourse, Duke University, fabrication, fabulists, funeral pyre, Jason Arday, Jennifer Hammer, Joan Didion, Lehigh University, media, Michael Behe, New York University Press, publishers, race, Retraction Watch, science journals, Townhall, University of Cambridge, Vikings}

Academic Fabrication: Is the Case of Designer Science an Isolated One?

_{David Klinghoffer
September 2, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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"There are tales readily believed by scholars, 'in order to live' — because the ideological campus discourse is beyond question." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 1, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, apology, ax-grinding, C. W. Howell, Casey Luskin, courtroom, deflection, Designer Science, editors, fabrication, harm, historical record, history, honor, intelligent design, intention, J.L.S., Michael Behe, mistake, motives, New York University Press, Retraction Watch, scholars, Science and Culture Today, skepticism, sloppiness, students}

Is It “Rude” to Point Out the Seriousness of C. W. Howell’s Defamatory, Fabricated Quote?

_{David Klinghoffer
September 1, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A sincere apology, not merely acceding to the will of NYU’s legal team, would be "honorable." Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 31, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, academics, ACLU, animal behavior, C. W. Howell, design detection, Designer Science, Designer Science (series), Discovery Institute, Dover trial, Duke University, evolution, Expelled (movie), genomics, Google searches, hare, human body, intelligent cause, intelligent design, linchpin, media attention, Michael Behe, molecular biology, National Center for Science Education, New York University Press, paleontology, peer-reviewed papers, Pennsylvania, Phillip Johnson, PragerU, protein science, research program, Seattle, snowballs, Stephen Meyer, students, Summer Seminars, systematics, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, The Story of Everything, tortoise, universe, YouTube videos}

Steady and Consistent Growth: The Real Story of Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
August 31, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Snowballs start small. But they grow steadily over time, and after a while they really start to get large and pick up speed. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 31, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, academic publishers, C. W. Howell, Casey Luskin, cats, courtroom, Designer Science, evolution, fabrication, headline, intelligent design, intent, linchpin, Mars, Michael Behe, misquote, New York University Press, reporters, Retraction Watch, scholarship, sloppiness, smell test, telephone (game), testimony}

Retraction Watch Reports on Designer Science Fiasco, but Mischaracterizes It

_{David Klinghoffer
August 31, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The headline is glaringly inaccurate. It says, “University press removes book about intelligent design for misquoting ID proponent.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 30, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, academic publishers, books, C. W. Howell, creationism, Designer Science, Designer Science (series), Discovery Institute, Douglas Groothuis, Dover School District, evolution, intelligent design, John West, Michael Behe, New York University Press, Ronald Numbers}

Positive and Near-Positive Aspects of Designer Science

_{Casey Luskin
August 30, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In C. W. Howell’s mind, intelligent design is still recovering from the Dover trial, and if there’s evidence to the contrary, he doesn’t want to see it. Read More ›