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Photo: Lehigh University biochemist Michael Behe at the launch of Discovery Institute-Mackenzie at Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, Brazil, 2017.

Michael Behe’s Darwin Devolves — When You’re Ready to Think for Yourself

The idea that scientists are like tribal elders, to be respected and never questioned, much less smirked at (God forbid), is one possible perspective. Read More ›
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Photo: David Berlinski, “Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions,” via YouTube/Hoover Institution.

Listen: Berlinski on the Limits of Rational Discourse

I asked David Berlinski and Michael Denton what they thought was the nub of intellectual difference between a thoughtful Darwkin skeptic and a thoughtful Darwin loyalist. Read More ›
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Photo: William F. Buckley, Firing Line, via YouTube.

Jonah Goldberg, William F. Buckley Jr., and Evolution

Conceding deep philosophical and scientific premises is one common reason that conservatives lose important arguments. Read More ›
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Photo: A Gatling gun, by martin_vmorris [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

“Gatling Gun in the Living Room”: Two Missed Chances to Defend a Humane View on Bioethics

John West reviews two books by conservatives, Yuval Levin and Eric Cohen, who “seem more interested in criticizing their fellow conservatives who challenge Darwinism than in criticizing Darwinism itself.” Read More ›
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Photo: Scopes trial, by Smithsonian Institution [No restrictions], via Wikimedia Commons.

Journalist Sam Tanenhaus Assails Conservatives on Science

Conservatives have not “always mistrusted science,” and do not now. Read More ›

Transhumanists Want to Be Gods

It is always fun to see what our resident technology-worshipping religious fanatics are up to. Read More ›

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