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Karl Marx
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Rejecting Evolution Because of Anti-Communism? Charge by Cornell U Press Book Fails to Detonate

Weinberg takes a historically accurate claim — that many creationists over the years blamed communism on evolution — and then blows it way out of proportion. Read More ›
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Weikart: In His Own Mind, White Supremacist Gunman Was Only Following the Science

President Biden this week said it is “running through our body politic.” If so, it’s strange that I’m not sure I’ve ever met a genuine white supremacist. Read More ›
Francis Galton
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Darwin, Galton, and “Replacement Theory”

Darwinism and eugenics, going back to the 19th century, were haunted by ideas of “replacement.” Read More ›
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The Terrible Bargain: Prophetic Words from C. S. Lewis on Scientocracy

If there is one thing I could get people to read to understand our situation, it would be the essay “Willing Slaves of the Welfare State” by C. S. Lewis. Read More ›
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#10 Story of 2021: On Evolution and Racism, Scientific American Goes to War Against the Truth

Given evolution’s racist baggage, you might think the theory’s proponents would be somewhat abashed to accuse the critics of Darwin of “white supremacy.” Read More ›
C. S. Lewis
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Watch: How C. S. Lewis Predicted the Rise of “Scientocracy”

“I dread government in the name of science,” C. S. Lewis wrote in 1958. “That is how tyrannies come in.” Read More ›
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In Science — But Not Just in Science — Who Can Still Believe the “Elites”?

The comforting old assumption seems more hollow by the day. The “gathering revolt” has arrived. Read More ›
Los Angeles
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Sickening: Darwinian Racism Alive and Well in California

The vile trope that blacks are somehow closer to apes than other races has deep roots in Darwinian biology and social theory. Read More ›
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On Evolution and Racism, Scientific American Goes to War Against the Truth

Given evolution’s racist baggage, you might think the theory’s proponents would be somewhat abashed to accuse the critics of Darwin of “white supremacy.” Read More ›
Rush LImbaugh
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Life and Limbaugh: The Design Perspective

The idea that life is designed entails a radically different attitude compared to the materialistic understanding that life splashed ashore on Earth by chance. Read More ›

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