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With Scopes Trial Anniversary Approaching, We Need Science, Not Just Feelings

At best, Christian commitment without a reasonable basis is only shifting sand under believers’ feet. At worst, it invites disdain. Read More ›
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Why Are We Drawn to Beauty?

While I love Haidt’s emphasis and regard for the beautiful, I question the power of his argument about beauty as a remnant of our collective survival instinct. Read More ›
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Where Steve Meyer Agrees with an Atheist Marxist

The New Atheism is dead, or so maverick writer Freddie deBoer argues. But that doesn’t mean the New Atheists lost. Read More ›
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March for Science Is Going to Be a Hell of a Mess — Bring It On

Advocates of the theory of intelligent design have been protesting for open discussion for two decades now. Read More ›

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