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On Independence Day, Remember Thomas Jefferson’s Embrace of Intelligent Design

Jefferson thought that there was scientific evidence for design in nature. In 1823, he insisted so in a letter to John Adams. Read More ›
Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington DC
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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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We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident

On Independence Day, it's appropriate to review the sources of our rights as citizens. Read More ›
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At the Foundations of Science: Respect and Seeking to Understand

I've been reading the correspondence of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams — with its interesting argument by Jefferson for design in nature as a scientific inference. Read More ›
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We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident

On Independence Day, it's appropriate to review the sources of our rights as citizens. Read More ›

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