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Photo: Germany’s highest court, the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht), by Tobias Helfrich [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

German High Court to Rule on Right to Suicide

If the continent’s most important country embraces the culture of death, the darkness will spread. Read More ›
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Photo: Anne Frank Memorial, Amsterdam, by Håkan Dahlström, via Flickr(cropped).

What Anne Frank and Ota Benga Have in Common

Cruelty and injustice can seem an abstraction, committed against faceless people. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Antonio Grosz via Unsplash.

In Europe, Animal Rights Are Steamrolling Religious Freedom

As Western society secularizes, religious liberty is in danger of becoming passé. Read More ›
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Photo: Mike Keas, by Robert Crowther. 

In Unbelievable, Mike Keas Highlights Myths and Realities of Anti-Science Persecution

The point of Dr. Keas’s book is historical but also very timely: Scientists who challenge materialism today face discrimination as heretics that squelches their research and teaching. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Dolphins, by werdepate, via Pixabay.

Awe at Echolocation? Nah, Convergence Again

The passionate focus on evolutionary relationships in biology papers tends to obscure awe at the wonders in life. Read More ›
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Image source: The Biology of the Second Reich, via Discovery Institute.

On Biology of the Second Reich, New York Times Misses the Elephant in the Room

Yes, yes, Timesmen. But where did German racist science get its justification? Read More ›
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Photo: European bee-eaters, note the bee which is about to meet its fate, by Pierre Dalous [CC BY-SA 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons.

Migrating Birds Can Find Their Flocks After Many Miles and Days Apart

Another study of bird migration using geolocators finds fascinating new facts about social interactions during long-distance flights. Read More ›
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On German TV, an Interview with ID Proponent Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

The interview is very accessible to the non-scientist and, in my opinion, is one of the best discussions of the major issues in this debate I have ever heard. Read More ›
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Photo: A bus for transporting “patients,” Hartheim Euthanasia Centre, where Nazis gassed 30,000 victims, via Wikimedia Commons.

Were Nazis More Tolerant of Down Syndrome than Some European Countries Today?

Richard Dawkins lashed out at Pope Francis for the latter’s comparing modern eugenic efforts to Nazi precedents that sought to “create a pure race.” Read More ›
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Image: Stump Speaking, 1886, by George Caleb Bingham, via Wikimedia Commons.

Darwin, Marx, and Something Called Political “Science”

A central progressive theme was historicism, crediting history almost exclusively with the development of culture. Read More ›

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