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“Malinformation” — Another Sinister Neologism from the Folks Who Specialize in Them

The government got lots of support from an academic elite that was anxious to introduce Newspeak terms including “malinformation.” Read More ›
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“Peptideins”? Give Those Shorties Another Look

Picture short, lonely bachelors in rented formal wear, leaning on the wall, nervously checking their watches at the annotation dance. Read More ›
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, “The Catholic Darwin”

No doubt, Teilhard ­ had — and has — Catholic admirers. The most positive Catholic assessment I have encountered comes from the pen of Msgr. Bruno de Solages. Read More ›
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“Eugenicons”? Call Them What They Are — Social Darwinists

It’s sad when once-useful words turn stale and disintegrate — like losing an old friend. Read More ›
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Why Words Matter: Sense and Nonsense in Science

One might, with Darwin, theorize that the development of the biosphere was simply down to that empirically unattested variant of chance, "natural selection." Read More ›

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