Tag: Pennsylvania

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
June 8, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, atheists, Ayn Rand, Bishop George Berkeley, Black Death, Cambodia, cosmology, dust, eternal recurrence, Friedrich Nietzsche, Genesis, genocide, Holocaust, human perception, Johns Hopkins University, Khmer Rouge, mathematics, metaphysics, Mindscape, natural disasters, nihilism, objectivism, objectivity, Pennsylvania, pessimism, philosophy, poetic naturalism, religion, Richard Feynman, Rwanda, Samuel Johnson, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Sean Carroll, selfishness, subjective idealism, The Character of Physical Law, The Gay Science}

Sean Carroll Revives Nietzsche’s Doctrine of Eternal Recurrence

_{Paul Nelson
June 8, 2026

Cosmology, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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The point arrives when a philosophy is so unreasonable, so utterly broken, that one can only give it a good strong kick. Argument fails; one must act. Read More ›

Closeup of young crying man eyes with a tears

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 8, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, anniversary, attorneys, biology class, Casey Luskin, Dover, Dover Area, Dover School Board, education, expert witness, geologists, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jaron Starner, Kitzmiller v. Dover, library, Meredith Willse, monkey costumes, monkeys, paragraphs, Pennsylvania, public schools, Steve Fuller, trauma, York Dispatch}

“My Public Education Was Ruined,” Weeps Dover High Grad

_{David Klinghoffer
January 8, 2026

Intelligent Design, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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A bit melodramatic, perhaps? Attorney and geologist Casey Luskin, who was present for part of the Dover trial, has this to say. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 27, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, agnostics, assassination, atheists, Bible, C.S. Lewis, care, Charles Darwin, Charlie Kirk, Christianity, Christians, colleges, creation, Donald Trump, Eric Metaxas, evolution, faith and science, Friday night, historical reliability, intelligence, intelligent design, Israel, Jews, love, martyr, Massachusetts, mind, nature, Pennsylvania, Return of the God Hypothesis, Sabbath, Scripture, Shabbat, special revelation, Stephen Meyer, theism, universe, Utah}

No. 6 Story for 2025: When Charlie Kirk Talked About Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
December 27, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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People will be talking about Charlie Kirk’s legacy for a long time. You could start anywhere. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
December 20, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Tagged
, American Civil Liberties Union, bacterial flagellum, Casey Luskin, Darwin Strikes Back, Darwin’s Black Box, Design Inference, evolution, intelligent agents, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, Judge John E. Jones, Kevin Padian, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, molecular machines, Of Pandas and People, Pennsylvania, philosophy, Scott Minnich, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, supernatural, Ten Myths About Dover, textbooks, The Design Revolution, theology, Thomas Woodward, William Dembski}

Ten Myths About Dover: No. 1, “Jones Judged Actual ID Theory, Not a Straw Man”

_{Sarah Chaffee
December 20, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence)

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At the end of the day, the ruling by Judge Jones really is not a refutation of intelligent design at all. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
December 19, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Tagged
, ACLU, David dewolf, Dover, errors, George W. Bush, intelligent design, John West, Kenneth Miller, Kevin Padian, Kitzmiller v. Dover, media, New York Times, Nicholas Matzke, peer-reviewed publications, peer-reviewed research, Pennsylvania, plagiarism, Republicans, Rick Santorum, Ten Myths About Dover, Time Magazine}

Ten Myths About Dover: No. 2, “Judge Jones Is a Brilliant, Neutral Legal Scholar”

_{Sarah Chaffee
December 19, 2025

Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence)

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A full 90.9 percent of a key section was copied, either verbatim or nearly verbatim, from a brief submitted by the plaintiffs’ attorney. Read More ›

Exploded 3D visualization of a bacterial flagellum motor — molecular rotor proteins, membrane layers, proton flow illustrated

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 19, 2025

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, bias, Casey Luskin, censorship, creator, Darwinists, design hypothesis, Discovery Institute, dogmatism, Elon Musk, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, functionality, Grokipedia, Harvard University, intelligent design, intimidation, Irreducible Complexity, John West, Judge John E. Jones, junk DNA, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Larry Sanger, materialism, Pennsylvania, persecution, predictions, USA Today}

Vindicated: Three Dover-Related Predictions of Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
December 19, 2025

Biology, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

4}

The design of the bacterial flagellum, mocked at Dover, is supported in time for the trial's anniversary by research from three Harvard physicists. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
December 19, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, biology, cells, censorship, Darwinists, DNA, dogmatism, Dover, evolutionary biologists, free speech, George Mason University, graduate students, intelligent design, Judge John Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover, molecular machines, Ohio State University, peer-reviewed journals, Pennsylvania, persecution, pluralism, Smithsonian Institution, USA Today}

It’s Over in Dover, but Not for Intelligent Design

_{John G. West
December 19, 2025

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

2}

The more Darwinists resort to censorship and persecution, the clearer it will become that they are championing dogmatism, not science. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 15, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Antony Flew, Barbara Forrest, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Cicero, creationism, creator, David dewolf, Edwards v. Aguillard, Eugenie Scott, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, Fred Hoyle, intelligent agent, intelligent causes, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, John E. Jones, John Haught, John West, Jonathan Witt, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Michael Polanyi, molecular machines, New York Times, Of Pandas and People, Pennsylvania, philosophy, religion, Richard Dawkins, scientific method, Scott Minnich, Supreme Court, Ten Myths About Dover, textbooks, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Thomas Aquinas, William Dembski, William Paley}

Ten Myths About Dover: No. 7, “Showed ID Is ‘Religious’ and a Form of ‘Creationism’”

_{Casey Luskin
December 15, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Is intelligent design actually religious? Is it a form of Christianity? We can immediately see that it is not. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
December 14, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Cambridge University Press, Darwin lobby, Discovery Institute, Dover, Dover School Board, education, Foundation for Thought and Ethics, intelligent design, Judge John E. Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, Of Pandas and People, parents, Pennsylvania, plaintiffs, Scopes trial, Scott Minnich, Seth Cooper, Ten Myths About Dover}

Ten Myths About Dover: No. 9, “The ID Movement Had Its Day in Court”

_{Sarah Chaffee
December 14, 2025

Intelligent Design, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

10}

Judge Jones lumped Dover’s policy with the intelligent design movement, as if they were inextricably linked. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
December 12, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, Alabama, biologic institute, California Science Center, Casey Luskin, Charles Marshall, Cornell University, Darwin’s Dilemma, Darwin’s Doubt, Discovery Institute, education, George Church, Granville Sewell, Illustra Media, intelligent design, John E. Jones, junk DNA, Kevin Padian, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Louisiana, Louisiana Science Education Act, Martin Gaskell, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, National Center for Science Education, Nature (journal), New Mexico, Nick Matzke, Pennsylvania, public policy, South Carolina, Ten Myths About Dover, Tennessee, Texas, Thomas Nagel, Times Literary Supplement, University of Kentucky}

Ten Myths About Dover: No. 10, “The Intelligent Design Movement Died After Dover”

_{Sarah Chaffee
December 12, 2025

Intelligent Design, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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In December 2005, Judge John E. Jones ruled that intelligent design is not science, but religion. Critics predicted this would mean the end of the ID movement. Read More ›