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Princeton Scholars Deliver Hard Truths About Covid Policies

Princeton political scientists Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee have just published a book highly critical of COVID pandemic policies. Read More ›
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Bees with Feelings? A Darwinist Winces

Most naturalist philosophers of mind have held that human consciousness — maddeningly mysterious — is an illusion. Read More ›
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Alfred Russel Wallace: Today’s Special Anniversary

"We may regretfully add Wallace to the Party’s list of obfuscating revisions. The good news is that the truth is still available for those who want to know." Read More ›
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What Is It Like to Be a Bee?

What, exactly, does “consciousness” or “feel and think” mean when applied to a bee? This usage is no remote outpost. Read More ›
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Was Spriggina an Evolutionary Ancestor of Arthropods?

For those wedded to an evolutionary interpretation of life’s history, the fossil and genetic evidence leave the origin of arthropods a major mystery.  Read More ›
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Photo credit: Montsechia vidalii, an early flowering plant fossil from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain, by Luis Fernández García, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Darwin’s “Abominable Mystery” Is Not Alone: Gaps Everywhere!

There is clearly a pattern of discontinuities that requires an adequate explanation, and Darwinism is not it. Read More ›
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The Sagacity of Emma Darwin

In a review of Roger Scruton's new book, Laura Keynes commends the wisdom of her ancestor, Mrs. Darwin. Read More ›

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