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In the Year of the Declaration’s 250th, Condemning Slavery in the Name of a “Vibe”?

How urgent this book’s message is was brought home to me over the weekend in a conversation with a bright young man. Read More ›
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Image: Benjamin Franklin, by David Martin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

In Explicating the “Greatest Sentence,” New Book Falls Short

No naturalistic account of human life, rooted in Darwin’s purposeless evolution, has reason to account humans as special in nature. Read More ›
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Photo: Thomas Jefferson Building, detail, by Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

John West: The Science Underlying the American Founding

Notice that Jefferson held this “without appeal to revelation.” That is, the study of nature alone was sufficient to produce “a conviction of design.” Read More ›
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Why Are We Going Crazy? New Book Has a Diagnosis

“So-called neutrality is really bad-faith authoritarianism. Whatever view succeeds in passing itself off as neutral wins without making a case for itself.” Read More ›
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Life Devalued: Suicide and Infanticide in Classical Antiquity

Nick Vujicic’s story would probably have turned out quite differently if he had been born in ancient Greece or Rome. Read More ›
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Artificial General Intelligence: Destroying the Idol

Even those doing the most to build and publicize the AGI idol do not wish it on their children. Read More ›
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Image: Merced River, Yosemite Valley, by American painter Albert Bierstadt. Public Domain. Not generated by AI.

Why Scientific Materialism Is No Match for Truth, Beauty, and Goodness

These abstract concepts don’t derive from the material world, yet we feel impoverished without them; they’re foundations of a life worth living. Read More ›
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“World Happiness Report” Focuses on…Government

The supposedly happiest country, Finland, also has one of the highest suicide rates in the world, higher than ours — and we are in the midst of a suicide crisis. Read More ›
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A Darwinist Deconstructs the Declaration of Independence

Yuval Noah Harari quickly gets down to business, unsentimentally shredding Jefferson’s noble phrases. Read More ›

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