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Hannah Arendt and Stockholm Syndrome

Will Spencer talked with John West about his book on the coopting of Christian leaders. Read More ›
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Fantastic Four and a Walk-On for Darwin

Great tensions fuel engaging drama, always. If there’s a conflict, it has to be stark and serious, and the stakes have to be high.  Read More ›
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Homelessness, Intelligent Design, and the Unseen Realm

Compared with previous approaches, the new Executive Order reflects a fundamentally different picture of reality. What should we call it? Read More ›
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Walter Bradley: The Origin Story of an Intelligent Design Classic

Today, we bring you the second half of Robert J. Marks’s 2020 interview with Dr. Bradley. Read More ›
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ID the Future Podcast Now on YouTube

We are entering an exciting phase in the development of the case for ID, so we’re more excited than ever to deliver the podcast you’ve come to appreciate. Read More ›
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Scopes Revisited: An Interview with Historian Jefrey Breshears

Promoted as a battle royale between science and religion — evolutionary theory versus biblical creation — in its actual content the trial was underwhelming. Read More ›
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A Century Later, the Spirit of Scopes Is Alive and Well

According to secularist legend, the Scopes trial represented a great showdown between ignorant, fundamentalist religion and enlightened, scientific progress. Read More ›
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Cultural Chaos Has Long Roots, Millennia Before Darwin

As I’m writing this, some rioters have gathered (literally) across the street from our Seattle office, on their way to a “protest” at City Hall. Read More ›
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What Is Lost with the Rise of AI

Thoreau wrote, "A person's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town." That's what we're losing. Read More ›
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John West on Darwin’s Culturally Corrosive Idea

Darwin’s purely materialistic theory of evolution has drained meaning from nature. Read More ›

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