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Lancet Hydroxychloroquine Paper Scandal Illustrates Scientific Bias, Not Only in Medicine

It’s a particularly crude example of how confirmation bias works — how else would you explain this story? — not only among lay people but among top researchers. Read More ›
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Are Evangelicals “Crippling” Our Coronavirus Response?

Evangelicals didn’t cause this plague, and we desperately need the courage and wisdom that they have always brought to bear against pandemics. Read More ›
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Photo: Amazon fires from space, by NASA Earth Observatory, [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

With Amazon Fires as a Pretext, “Ecocide” Advocacy Goes Mainstream

Radical environmentalists intend to thwart human thriving in order to “save the planet.” Read More ›
Keep America Great

Strong Campaign Slogans? Winning Tag Lines? Don’t Ask AI

I watched a bit of President Trump’s campaign launch rally in Orlando last night and found it interesting to see him crowd-testing campaign slogans. Read More ›
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On Academic Freedom Laws, National Law Review Takes a Tumble

What a mess would-be attorney Megan Sullivan has made of her research. Read More ›
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In Evolutionary Thinking, Roseanne Barr’s Offensive Tweet Has a Long History

Some voices, if not necessarily thoughtful or serious ones, have recognized this, while at the same time missing the point. Read More ›
Kevin Williamson

Kevin Williamson and All That: Missing the Big Story on Free Speech

People who care about defending freedom of expression are grateful for just about any attention the issue receives from the media. Read More ›
HL-Mencken

Two Laws of Discourse About Science in Pop Culture

As presented by prestige media outlets, the evolution debate never really advances beyond 1925, the year of the Scopes trial. Read More ›
Trump

Michael Gerson: How Rejecting Evolution Led to Evangelical Support for Trump

Well that’s at least a novel theory. Read More ›
Minds Q&A

Great Minds Podcast Launches Thursday — Q&A with Michael Medved Today

What do we miss, as members of the public, by focusing on daily headlines rather than pulling back for the big picture sometimes? Read More ›

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