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Alexander H. Stephens
Photo: Alexander H. Stephens, by Matthew Brady, via Wikimedia Commons.

Scientific Racism and the Confederate Flag

Alexander H. Stephens was Vice President of the Confederacy. In 1861 he delivered an oration justifying slavery and rebellion on scientific grounds. Read More ›
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Photo: Portland’s elk statue in better days, by Cacophony (photograph) / Public domain.

Elk Goes Down; Darwin Breathes a Sigh of Relief

What is the evolutionary argument against unapologetic racism and the supremacy of whatever race can climb to the top? Read More ›
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Photo: Governor Kate Brown, by Oregon Department of Transportation, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Turning Our Dead into Fertilizer

These methods send a powerful symbolic statement that we are essentially nothing more than carbon atoms gathered temporarily in a rational and animated form. Read More ›
Molecules Don’t Care About Life
Molecules Don’t Care About Life
Photo: Screenshot from "Molecules Don’t Care About Life."

James Tour: “Molecules Don’t Care About Life”

Blowing smoke is what science media and even scientists themselves do a great deal of the time when they talk about the origin of life. Read More ›
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Image credit: Execution of Marie Antoinette, Unknown author / Public domain.

Why Intelligent Design Had to Be the First to Face the Guillotine

In Wesley J. Smith’s phrase, in the present cultural moment, we have witnessed “the French Revolution attacking the American Revolution.” Read More ›
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Elk Goes Down; Darwin Breathes a Sigh of Relief

What is the evolutionary argument against unapologetic racism and the supremacy of whatever race can climb to the top? Read More ›
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Scientific Racism and the Confederate Flag

Alexander H. Stephens was Vice President of the Confederacy. In 1861 he delivered an oration justifying slavery and rebellion on scientific grounds. Read More ›
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Suicide by Zoom — Technology and Dehumanization

“We are always told that ‘strict guidelines will protect against abuse.’ It’s always been baloney.” Read More ›
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A Trojan Horse for Euthanasia? No

When my mother was dying of Alzheimer’s disease and the sharp bodily decline that hits those in their late 90s, my wife and I brought her home for care. Read More ›

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