Minds Q&A Type post Date January 17, 2018 CategoriesArtsPhilosophyScience Reporting Tagged , __k-review, Boston, Braveheart, culture, Donald Trump, economics, Great Minds with Michael Medved, history, Hollywood, media, Michael Medved, Michael Medved Show, News, podcast, radio, Randall Wallace, science, Seattle, theology, We Were Soldiers Great Minds Podcast Launches Thursday — Q&A with Michael Medved Today Science and Culture January 17, 2018 Arts, Philosophy, Science Reporting 5 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 ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date January 10, 2018 CategoriesBioethicsTechnology Tagged , __k-review, Disney World, Internet, iPad, iPhone, John West, media, robot, Silicon Valley, toilet, Walt Disney, Walt Disney and Live Action, Washington Post On the Role of Technology in Culture, Walt Disney’s Ambivalence Is Still with Us David Klinghoffer January 10, 2018 Bioethics, Technology 3 Pulling kids away from mindless tweenybopper fare on the Disney Channel is a familiar routine in our home. Read More ›
reporter Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date December 15, 2017 CategoriesScience Reporting Tagged , __k-review, academic freedom, Aristotle, bias, creationism, Darwinists, editor, Epicureanism, fake news, Günter Bechly, ideology, intelligent design, Larry Sanger, media, paleontology, Plato, pseudoscience, reporter, self-deception, Wikipedia “Fake News” Isn’t a Phony Concept, as Media and Wikipedia Coverage of Intelligent Design Shows David Klinghoffer December 15, 2017 Science Reporting 4 The interesting psychological issue here turns upon the question of whether these people are deliberately lying or not. Read More ›
astroturf Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date November 30, 2017 CategoriesScientific Freedom Tagged , __k-review, bias, Darwinists, editors, free speech, German, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, media, paleontology, radio, ResearchGate, skepticism, TED talk, The New Yorker, TV, Wikipedia Wikipedia and “Astroturf” Sarah Chaffee November 30, 2017 Scientific Freedom 3 On some subjects, the astroturf mob is particularly committed to a biased agenda. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 17, 2017 CategoriesBioethicsMedicineScience Reporting Tagged , __k-review, assisted suicide, Australia, Compassion and Choices, euthanasia, friends, Hemlock Society, media, Newsweek, The New Yorker Normalizing Suicide Parties Wesley J. Smith September 17, 2017 Bioethics, Medicine, Science Reporting 3 The latest example comes in a New Yorker essay by Cory Taylor, a woman with a terminal illness. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date June 11, 2017 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __k-review, culture of death, First Things, Jack Kevorkian, media, Planned Parenthood, Terri Schiavo, Wesley J. Smith Unmasking the Culture of Death David Klinghoffer June 11, 2017 Bioethics, Medicine 2 Observe the now familiar evolution -- guided by the media and “bioethicists” -- of public sentiment, from outrage to apathy. Read More ›
Type post Author Casey Luskin Date May 11, 2017 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent DesignScience Education Tagged , __k-review, academic freedom, Ben Stein, creationism, education, evolution, Expelled (movie), intelligent design, media, National Center for Science Education (NCSE) New Book Debunks Common Myths in ID-Evolution Debate Casey Luskin May 11, 2017 Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education 13 Shala Barczewska's book is fair because it offers critiques of both evolution lobbyists and ID proponents and other Darwin-skeptics. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date March 8, 2017 CategoriesEvolutionPhysical SciencesPhysicsScience Reporting Tagged , __k-review, evolution, media, science, Stephen Hawking, The Independent Stephen Hawking: Darwinian Evolution, Ergo Bring on Global Government David Klinghoffer March 8, 2017 Evolution, Physical Sciences, Physics, Science Reporting 3 While conceding there's a great deal to admire in the courage he shows in bearing up under his physical trials, let's also be honest. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Behe Date May 12, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionGeneticsScience Reporting Tagged , __tedited, adaptive mutations, Barry Hall, citrate, contingency, dishonesty, E. coli, Elizabeth Pennisi, epigenetic change, exaggeration, false dichotomy, genetic changes, hype, laboratory conditions, limits of evolution, loss-of-function mutations, LTEE, media, motivated reasoning, peer review, public opinion, repeatability, Richard Lenski, science journalism, Science News, science reporting, Scott Minnich, speciation Richard Lenski and Citrate Hype — Now Deflated Michael Behe May 12, 2016 Evolution, Genetics, Science Reporting 8 For more than 25 years, Lenski's lab has grown a dozen lines of the bacterium E. coli in small culture flasks. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date April 12, 2016 CategoriesScientific FreedomSociology Tagged , __tedited, academic institutions, bullying, college campuses, creator, cultural appropriation, Eric Metaxas, falsehood, hoax, hysteria, media, objectivity, peer review, peer-reviewed journals, PLOS ONE, Racism, scientism, sex, social psychology, speech codes, viewpoint diversity An Unnoticed Parallel in Academic Speech Codes David Klinghoffer April 12, 2016 Scientific Freedom, Sociology 5 In a BreakPoint commentary kindly citing Stephen Meyer and myself, Eric Metaxas reflects on the recent #Creatorgate story. Read More ›