Tag: John Scopes

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 12, 2025

Categories
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, American Civil Liberties Union, Antonin Scalia, Ball State University, Clarence Darrow, Council of Europe, Dayton, Discovery Institute, DNA, Eric Hedin, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, fossil record, freedom from religion foundation, Günter Bechly, ID 3.0, Inherit the Wind, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jerry Coyne, John Scopes, Kitzmiller v. Dover, monkey law, public schools, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Jay Gould, Supreme Court, Tennessee, Texas, Tree of Life, UC Berkeley, University of Idaho, William Jennings Bryan}

Scopes in Reverse: A History of Evolution Education in U.S. Public Schools

_{Casey Luskin
December 12, 2025

Legal Science (jurisprudence), Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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Undoubtedly there will be more court cases and curriculum battles in the future over how to teach evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 22, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, ACLU, Antonin Scalia, Arkansas, Ball State University, censorship, Darwin’s Black Box, Darwinism, Dayton, Denis Noble, education, Eric Hedin, evolution, free speech, Günter Bechly, history, ID 3.0, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, John Scopes, Julian Huxley, Michael Behe, monkey law, National Center for Science Education, Neo-Darwinism, npr, Richard Sternberg, Scopes trial, speech codes, Stephen Jay Gould, Tennessee, tenure, The Daily Wire, Third Way of Evolution, University of Chicago, Vanderbilt University}

A Century After the Scopes Trial, Censoring Spirit on Evolution Still Thrives

_{Casey Luskin
July 22, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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From evolutionists, a surge of persecutions has included tenure denials, job blacklisting, and speech codes. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 21, 2025

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, anti-Semitism, Casey Luskin, Darwinian theory, Dayton, drinking, eating, Ernest Hemingway, Evangelical Christians, fishing, Günter Bechly, headlines, Jews, John Scopes, journalism, newspapers, paleontologists, Paris, Princeton University, Scopes trial, Spain, William Jennings Bryan}

Hemingway and the Scopes Trial

_{David Klinghoffer
July 21, 2025

Evolution, History of Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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William Jennings Bryan had a hard time coming up with expert scientific witnesses who were dubious of Darwinian theory. He wouldn’t now. Read More ›

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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 & Culture
July 7, 2025

Evolution, History of Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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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
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 29, 2025

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, ACLU, Colin Wright, Darwinism, Dayton, Donald Trump, evolutionary biologists, history, John Scopes, National Institutes of Health, private truth, public education, public truth, Salvo Magazine, Scopes Monkey Trial, Tennessee, transgenderism, Washington Post}

Scopes “Monkey” Trial Is Turning One Hundred

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 29, 2025

Evolution, History of Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Almost nothing happened quite the way the stereotypes have portrayed it since then. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
September 4, 2016

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __tedited, bias, charity, Christopher Hitchens, John Scopes, Mother Teresa}

Jerry Coyne Ain’t Huggin’ Mother Teresa’s Grave

_{Michael Egnor
September 4, 2016

Faith & Science

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Today, Mother Teresa of Calcutta will be declared a saint by the Catholic Church. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
December 6, 2013

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, __nedited, “consensus science”, eugenics, Jerry Coyne, John Scopes, scientific racisim, Scopes Monkey Trial}

Do Admirers of John Scopes Embrace What Their Hero Actually Taught?

_{Michael Egnor
December 6, 2013

Bioethics, Evolution, Science Education

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Jerry Coyne of Why Evolution Is True recently went so far as to have himself photographed embracing Scopes's grave. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
January 30, 2012

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Alleged (film), evolution, John Scopes, mutations, Richard Lenski, Scopes Monkey Trial}

More from Lenski’s Lab, Still Spinning Furiously

_{Michael Behe
January 30, 2012

Evolution

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As always, the work is solid and interesting, but is spun like a top to make it appear to support Darwinian evolution more than it does. Read More ›

Woman Presenting At University Workshop In Lecture Hall With Audience In Conference Hall, Unidentified Participant'S Rear View. Scientific Conference Event.

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 30, 2012

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, Alfred Russel Wallace, Alleged (film), Darwinism, higher education, intelligent design, intolerance, John Scopes, prejudice, Scopes Monkey Trial}

John Scopes on Higher Education

_{David Klinghoffer
January 30, 2012

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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"More intolerance in higher education than in all the mountains of Tennessee." Read More ›

A video camera, mounted on a tripod, is set up in a courtroom, facing the judge's bench and jury box. The courtroom is empty, with sunlight streaming through the windows.

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Author
John G. West

Date
November 10, 2011

Categories
Bioethics
History of Science
Tagged
, __nedited, Alleged (film), Civic Biology, Darwin, Darwinists, eugenics, Haeckel’s embryos, history, Inherit the Wind, John Scopes, junk science, Racism, scientific racisim, Scopes Monkey Trial, Social Darwinism, video, William Jennings Bryan}

New Film Exposes Bigotry and Junk Science of Early Twentieth-Century Darwinists

_{John G. West
November 10, 2011

Bioethics, History of Science

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The scientific community can be dominated by a dogmatism that subverts rational thought and an honest evaluation of the evidence. Intriguingly, this truth seems to have been recognized by none other than John Scopes later in life. Read More ›