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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
November 23, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Adrian Desmond, African Americans, Anglo-Saxons, Charles Darwin, Charles Kingsley, Civil War, Darwinism, Eva Jablonka, evolution, James Moore, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Lamarckian theory, Louis Agassiz, Peter Bowler, Racism, Rutgers University, Social Darwinism, The Descent of Man, Thomas Henry Huxley, William Graham}

Distancing Darwin from Racism Is a Fool’s Errand

_{Michael Flannery
November 23, 2020

Bioethics, Evolution

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“Scholars have wasted their time trying to exonerate Darwin of responsibility for Social Darwinism, for he was a Social Darwinist.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
July 10, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, BioLogos, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Civil War, Darwinian theism, development, evolution, intelligent evolution, Karl Giberson, Kenneth Miller, positivism, progressivism, scientism, St. George Mivart, theism, theistic evolution, theology, Yale University}

Theistic Evolution: The Case of Theodore Munger

_{Michael Flannery
July 10, 2020

Faith & Science

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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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Author
John G. West

Date
July 10, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Africans, baboons, Caucasians, Civil War, Democratic Party, evolutionary racism, historical figures, missing links, monkeys, Racism, scientific racism, South Carolina, statues, U.S. Senate, United States}

Honored by Statue, Democratic South Carolina Senator Said Some Blacks “Near Akin to Monkey”

_{John G. West
July 10, 2020

Bioethics, Evolution

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Benjamin Tillman was a monster. He publicly defended lynchings. He drew on evolutionary racism to preach black inferiority. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 15, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Africans, Alexander H. Stephens, alt-right, Charles Darwin, Civil War, Confederacy, Darwinian evolution, eugenics, Galileo Galilei, genocide, Human Zoos, John West, March for Science, Oregon, Portland, Psalms, Racism, religion, Seattle, The Biology of the Second Reich, The Descent of Man, William Harvey}

Scientific Racism and the Confederate Flag

_{David Klinghoffer
June 15, 2020

Evolution

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Alexander H. Stephens was Vice President of the Confederacy. In 1861 he delivered an oration justifying slavery and rebellion on scientific grounds. Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
June 11, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, blueprint, brain, cells, Civil War, DNA, Doctor's Diary (series), doctors, human body, immunology, intelligent design, medical school, medicine, nurses, oncology, RNA, specialists}

Doctor’s Diary: Jack of All Trades

_{Geoffrey Simmons
June 11, 2020

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Changes in the world of medicine strongly show that a master architect has been at work. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 4, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Africans, breathing, Center on Human Exceptionalism, Charles Darwin, civil rights, Civil War, creativity, culture, dignity, Discovery Institute, discrimination, evolution, genocide, George Floyd, history, Human Zoos, Humanize, intelligent design, John West, liberty, lockdown, looting, Martin Luther King Jr., masks, Michael Medved, pandemic, Racism, riots, textbooks, The Biology of the Second Reich, The Descent of Man, United States, veterans, Wall Street Journal, Wesley Smith}

Racism, Evolution, and Human Exceptionalism

_{David Klinghoffer
June 4, 2020

Bioethics, Evolution

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Certain threads in the events of recent months suggest the hand of a skilled novelist. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
January 14, 2020

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __edited, African Americans, Charles Darwin, chimpanzees, Civil War, Darwin Day, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, evolution, Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis, John Hedley Brooke, Michael Denton, natural selection, Paul Broca, Racism, Richard Owen, Robert Chambers, The Descent of Man, Thomas Henry Huxley, Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation}

Richard Owen and Charles Darwin on Race: A Study in Contrasts

_{Michael Flannery
January 14, 2020

Human Origins and Anthropology

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Darwin was unquestionably a racist, arguing that civilization would advance even at the cost of inevitable racial extermination. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 25, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Great Minds with Michael Medved, history, intelligent design, interview, Michael Medved, podcast, providence, radio, Stephen Meyer, The American Miracle, United States}

Great Minds: Stephen Meyer and Michael Medved See Design in the Lives of Washington, Lincoln

_{David Klinghoffer
October 25, 2018

Intelligent Design

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What’s behind the impression of intelligent direction? Just a trick of perspective, like seeing shapes in clouds? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 27, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, Civil War, farming, history, Industrial Revolution, Jay Richards, jobs, liberalism, robots, Rod Dreher, socialism, The Human Advantage, unemployment, United States, Utopia}

Richards: Using Artificial Intelligence to Sell the Welfare State

_{David Klinghoffer
June 27, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind

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There’s an undoubted sense of crisis in the air. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 10, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, Abraham Lincoln, Amazon River, animal rights, cattle, Civil War, elephants, fauna, flora, humankind, Jonah Goldberg, National Review, nature rights, rivers, Robert E. Lee, Virginia, writ of habeas corpus}

Why the Animal/Nature Rights vs. Human Duties Distinction Matters

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 10, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Says Jonah Goldberg, “One cheer (and maybe two) for non-human personhood.” Read More ›