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Seattle Human Zoos

Register Now for May 8 Seattle Premiere of “Mesmerizing,” “Racially Charged” Human Zoos

What could be more wholesome or innocent than a visit to the zoo? You may ask that now, but it was a quite a different state of affairs a century ago. Read More ›
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Human Zoos, Award-Winning Documentary, Will Premiere in Houston on April 18

Darwin-inspired racism was the consensus science of its day. Speaking out against it would have made you a crank and a science-denier. Read More ›
Dallas

ID Education Day Comes to Dallas, March 23!

It’s an excellent way to supplement what students are learning about the scientific evidence on biological and cosmic origins. Read More ›

Weikart: “History and the Euthanasia Problem”

It’s not possible to understand current controversies about physician-assisted suicide, euthanasia, eugenics, and related subjects without appreciating the long history behind these ideas. Read More ›
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Michael Medved and Richard Weikart Lay Bare the Evolutionary Roots of Nazism

Weikart, a meticulous scholar, traces the connection in his book From Darwin to Hitler, demonstrating that Darwin’s theory is tainted at its origins. 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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A.N. Wilson
Photo: Visitors admire the iconic Darwin statue at London's Natural History Museum, by Thomas Fabian, via Flickr.

A.N. Wilson’s Charles Darwin — A Sense of Déjà Vu

Factual errors aside, the problem is I’ve heard all this before. Read More ›
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Photo: Summer Palace, Beijing, by wtaochina2001, via Pixabay.

China Shows Eugenics Is Not a Thing of the Past

As a tyranny, China is a Wild West of sorts for unethical science, with the government and its researchers answering to no one. Read More ›
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BioLogos
Photo source: Puzzlebug77, via Pixabay.

Much Ado at BioLogos?

We have our Kremlinologists who observe the BioLogos website for hints of what ideas, and which people, are up or down in the world of theistic evolution. Read More ›
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Hitler
Photo: Hitler in 1931, via Recuerdos de Pandora/Flickr.

Was Hitler a Creationist? Sure, Just Like Darwin

Hitler in his writing spoke of a “creator,” and a “Lord,” as well as using terms strongly suggestive of Darwinian thinking. Read More ›

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