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Stop Racializing COVID Care

How is any of this constitutional? How do these discriminatory guidelines not break federal civil rights laws? Read More ›
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Whoopi Goldberg: Ignorant about Darwinian Racism

Hitler was clear that he deplored the mistake of basing anti-Semitism on “religious ideas instead of racial knowledge.” Read More ›
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Meyer: Is the Author of Nature’s Design Good? And Other Questions

We have an exceptionally woke Congregational church in the neighborhood that has a marquee out front whose contents I’ve come to thoroughly enjoy. Read More ›
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In the Name of “Academic Freedom,” a Scientist Calls for Punishing Creationists

The practice has a sordid history. There’s always a rationale — for example, in labeling Israeli businesses, or those doing business with Israel, to be avoided. Read More ›
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Andrew Sullivan, Meet Richard Sternberg

This is another illustration of what Michael Egnor and others have said: intelligent design was the “canary in the coal mine” when it comes to cancel culture. Read More ›
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Photo: Richard Owen (left); beside him is the skeleton of a giant moa, by John van Voorst [Public domain].

Charles Darwin vs. Richard Owen on Race

Unlike Darwin, Owen believed that evolution was guided by teleology or purpose, and he saw humans as different from animals not only in degree but in kind. Read More ›
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On Doing Science Versus Understanding Science

Theodosius Dobzhansky and Ashley Montagu wrote in 1947, “Race differences arise chiefly because of the differential action of natural selection on geographically separate populations.” Read More ›
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Intelligent Design and Other “Sensitive Topics”

Do you self-censor? Would you tell your coworkers what you think about immigration, gender issues, or evolution? Read More ›
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Darwinian Theory and Evolutionary Psychology

Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker asserts that infanticide has biological roots. He claims that ancient humans were picky about which babies they would raise to maturity. Read More ›
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Kanye Imagine? “Scientists Don’t Have to Be Darwinists”

Thanks to Kanye West and Chance the Rapper, an idea has sprung on the culture like a thunderclap. Read More ›

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