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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 4, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Tagged
, ACLU, Discovery Science, Hollywood, intelligent design, John E. Jones III, judges, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Pennsylvania, religion}

At Dover, the Comical Egotism of Judge Jones Had Serious Consequences

_{David Klinghoffer
December 4, 2025

Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence)

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The intrusion of ego in judicial proceedings, as in science and medicine, is not just inappropriate but a professional betrayal. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
December 2, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Science Education
Tagged
, ACLU, Antony Flew, attorneys, biology, Cambrian animals, Cambrian Explosion, Christians, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, Dover trial, education, evolution, George W. Bush, Harrisburg, Henry Quastler, Hollywood, information, Inherit the Wind, intelligent design, John E. Jones III, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, natural processes, Pennsylvania, philosophy of science, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Pulitzer Prize, Robert Crowther, Scopes Monkey Trial, Spencer Tracy, Stephen Meyer, Summer for the Gods, theists, theology, William Paley}

Dover Days: A Fatuous Decision Is About to Turn 20 Years Old

_{Jonathan Witt
December 2, 2025

Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Science Education

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Judge Jones looked my way, and his expression seemed full of fellow feeling, as if to say, “Don’t sweat it. I’m all about free speech. I’ve got your back.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 10, 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}

When Charlie Kirk Talked About Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
September 10, 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
Neil Thomas

Date
February 20, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, Alvin Plantinga, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, Daniel Dennett, Darwin on Trial, Darwinism, Denis Diderot, England, Ernst Mayr, Establishment Clause, First Amendment, Harrisburg, Judge John E. Jones, Julien Offray de la Mettrie, Karl Popper, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, L’Homme Machine, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, natural selection, Norman Macbeth, Of Pandas and People, Pennsylvania, Phillip E. Johnson, Richard Dawkins, United States}

Teaching Darwin: A Hypothetical Program

_{Neil Thomas
February 20, 2025

Evolution, Science Education

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Charles Darwin himself contemplated being mistaken, writing “I have asked myself whether I may not have devoted my life to a fantasy.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 9, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, adults, atheism, Big Tech, books, Casey Luskin, censorship, classrooms, conservatives, creationism, evolution, free speech, geologists, government, homosexuality, intelligent design, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, liberals, media, misinformation, natural selection, News, Of Pandas and People, parents, Pennsylvania, progressives, Richard Dawkins, scientific literature, students, The Daily Wire, United States, wokeness}

Luskin: Book Banning? Woke Forces Know All About That; They Practiced on Us

_{David Klinghoffer
June 9, 2023

Intelligent Design, Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom

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"Those 49 words — suggesting that students consult a library book if they wanted to learn more about a scientific idea — were too much for the thought police." Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
March 16, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abolitionist movement, Adrian Desmond, common descent, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, evolution, historiography, history, HMS Beagle, human origins, James Moore, new york, Ohio, Pennsylvania, race, Racism, Sacred Cause (series), slavery, Tierra del Fuego}

“Sacred Cause”? Reconsidering Charles Darwin as Abolitionist

_{Robert Shedinger
March 16, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I offer a series of posts here designed to lay out the evidence in detail. It is not merely that Desmond and Moore are selective in the sources they cite. Read More ›

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Date
September 16, 2022

Categories
Arts
Bioethics
Culture
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, bestsellers, Dogs, English, Humanize, New York Times, novels, Pennsylvania, transhumanism, writing}

Wesley Smith Talks with Dean Koontz: Human Exceptionalism, Meaning in Life, and More

_{Science & Culture
September 16, 2022

Arts, Bioethics, Culture, Human Exceptionalism

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Dean and Wesley discuss how Dean came to be an author, the importance of human exceptionalism, and the problem with transhumanism. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 22, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, Animal Algorithms, Arctic terns, atmosphere, bats, dragonflies, Eric Cassell, Evolution News, Flight, Germany, insects, intelligent design, Maine, Maryland, materialists, McGill University, Michael Denton, migration, New Scientist, optimization, Pennsylvania, sunlight, The Miracle of Man, The Wonder of Water, University of Exeter, University of Oldenburg, water}

Birds, Bats, Insects: Field Work on Animal Flight Reveals Wonders of Intelligent Design

_{David Coppedge
August 22, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Science

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The capabilities of flying animals continue to amaze scientists, and explanations challenge their best efforts. Does evolutionary theory help? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
July 29, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Physics
Science
Tagged
, adulthood, cattle, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian mechanism, devolution, elephants, eukaryotic cells, genetic code, human mind, Isaac Newton, lactose, metabolism, milk, molecular machines, mutations, nucleotides, Pennsylvania, sugar, weather, worms}

Much Ado About Lactase Persistence

_{Michael Behe
July 29, 2022

Evolution, Physics, Science

5}

Nothing shows the feebleness of Darwinism quite so much as breathless stories about brand new results. This week the topic was “lactase persistence.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 7, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, computational biology, courts, elections, Harrisburg, intelligent design, Judge John E. Jones, Kindle, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, paperback, Pat Flynn, Pennsylvania, S. Joshua Swamidass, Washington University}

Michael Behe: Kafka in Dover, Pennsylvania

_{David Klinghoffer
November 7, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Behe concludes here, “Courts are not good places to discuss ideas.” Yet ID critics continue to cite the Dover case as scientific gospel. Read More ›