Tag: H.L. Mencken

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Date
July 7, 2025

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, apologetics, Bible, C.S. Lewis, Charles Darwin, Clarence Darrow, culture, Dayton, Discovery Institute, Francis Galton, H.L. Mencken, Hollywood, Inherit the Wind, John Scopes, John West, Origin of Species, science and religion, scientific racism, scientism, Scopes trial, Tennessee, The Descent of Man, The Magician’s Twin, trial lawyers, William Jennings Bryan, Woodrow Wilson, Young Earth Creationists}

Scopes Revisited: An Interview with Historian Jefrey Breshears

_{Science and Culture
July 7, 2025

Evolution, History of Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

10}

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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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 21, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, careerism, credentialism, Darwinists, groupthink, H.L. Mencken, intelligent design, Kevin Williamson, National Review, scientists, William F. Buckley Jr.}

Intelligent Design as “Daft Rube-Bait”: Round 2 with Kevin Williamson

_{David Klinghoffer
January 21, 2019

Intelligent Design

2}

“He is saying that critics of Darwin should allow themselves to be abused — by non-scientists like Kevin Williamson — and just take it.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 3, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwinian theory, Donald Trump, Evangelical Christians, evolution, George W. Bush, God and Evolution, H.L. Mencken, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jay Richards, media, Michael Keas, podcast, Politics, popular culture, The Atlantic}

Two Laws of Discourse About Science in Pop Culture

_{David Klinghoffer
April 3, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science, Science Reporting

3}

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

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
February 15, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Faith & Science
Psychology
Scientific Freedom
Social Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Bible, Christopher Hitchens, David Klinghoffer, Friedrich Nietzsche, Globe and Mail, H.L. Mencken, Jane Goodall, Jordan Peterson, post-modernism, Richard Rorty, Scopes Monkey Trial, Third Reich, Twitter, University of Toronto}

Jordan Peterson — Do the Stitches Hold?

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 15, 2018

Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Faith & Science, Psychology, Scientific Freedom, Social Sciences

9}

The modern heretic and YouTube sensation seeks to meld clinical and evolutionary psychology with Jung, Nietzsche, and the Bible. Read More ›

Gavel resting on a wooden table in a courtroom (1)

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 15, 2015

Categories
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Science Education
Tagged
, __nedited, Book News & Events, Darwin's Doubt, H.L. Mencken, history, Inherit the Wind, News and Events, Scopes Monkey Trial, the narrative}

For Next Week’s 90th Scopes Trial Anniversary, We’ve Got Something Special Planned

_{David Klinghoffer
July 15, 2015

Legal Science (jurisprudence), Science Education

2}

For many Darwin defenders, the evolution debate remains forever stuck in the year 1925. Read More ›

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post

Date
November 7, 2011

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __nedited, Alleged (film), DNA, eugenics, film review, genetic code, H.L. Mencken, history, Inherit the Wind, media bias, misinformation, mythology, revisionist history, Scopes Monkey Trial, video}

A New Film, Alleged, Tells the Real Story of the Scopes Trial

_{Science and Culture
November 7, 2011

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

3}

Alleged stays true to the complicated story rather than, in the manner of Inherit the Wind, turning it into a Darwinian propagandist morality cartoon. Read More ›