Gertrude Himmelfarb Type post Author Michael Flannery Date December 23, 2020 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , Brooklyn, Brooklyn College, Daniel Dennett, Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, Darwinism, David Berlinski, Down House, Edmund Burk, England, George Eliot, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Irving Kristol, Jacques Barzun, James D. Watson, Janet Browne, Jews, Lord Acton, Oliver Cromwell, Protestants, Roman Catholic, The Devil’s Delusion, The New Republic, The People of the Book, Thomas Henry Huxley, University of Chicago #10 Story of 2020: Farewell to Gertrude Himmelfarb Michael Flannery December 23, 2020 Evolution 7 It is comforting to know that Himmelfarb never lost her intellectual acuity or her moral passion on the subject. Read More ›
Gertrude Himmelfarb Type post Author Michael Flannery Date January 3, 2020 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , __edited, Brooklyn College, Charles Darwin, Daniel Dennett, Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, David Berlinski, David Quammen, E.O. Wilson, Edmund Burk, England, George Eliot, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Irving Kristol, Jacques Barzun, Janet Browne, Jews, Julian Huxley, Library of Congress, Oliver Cromwell, The Devil’s Delusion, The New Republic, The People of the Book, University of Chicago, Winston Churchill Farewell to Gertrude Himmelfarb, Brutally Honest Historian of the “Darwinian Revolution” Michael Flannery January 3, 2020 Evolution 6 Written in 1959, her monumental book, Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution, continues to tower over Whiggish studies on the subject. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date June 3, 2018 CategoriesBioethicsFaith & Science Tagged , __k-review, abortion, confession, Dublin, Europe, health, hospital, Ireland, lifestyle, Margaret Sanger, medicine, modernism, mother, Oliver Cromwell, paganism, parenthood, pregnancy, pyramids, Roman Catholic, Stonehenge Ireland Goes Back to Its Roots Michael Egnor June 3, 2018 Bioethics, Faith & Science 5 It is a matter of fact — a straightforward scientific fact known since the basics of human reproduction were first understood — that human life begins at fertilization of the egg by the sperm. Read More ›