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Photo: Phillip Johnson against the backdrop of Pajaro Dunes, a screenshot from Unlocking the Mystery of Life, via Illustra Media.

Phillip Johnson: The “Mahatma” of the Intelligent Design Movement 

Johnson spotted the slick tactics in evolutionary arguments, “the same rhetorical tricks that clever lawyers use when they have to defend a flawed case in court.” Read More ›
Evolution is a fact

Sociology Journal: Why Lobbyists So Persistently Call Evolution a “Fact”

The paper could cause a stir, since it has violated an “implicit agreement” that mainstream academics should never criticize public advocates of evolution. Read More ›
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Fact Check: We Get Results as Digital Journal Quietly Amends Noxious Headline

The reader was supposed to picture military aircraft raining ordnance on high school biology classrooms. Read More ›
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Photo: Golden eagle, by Diego Delso [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Evolutionist Recommends “Listening to Other Arguments,” Except When It Comes to Evolution

Rob Brooks decries "tribal thinking." Doug Axe replies skeptically. Read More ›
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Large red deer stag walking towards the camera
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Horns of a Dilemma: Does Intelligent Design Do Too Little — or Too Much?

There's no pleasing some people. Read More ›
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Ultra detailed rendering of centrosome organizing microtubule during cell division glowing vibrant texture cinematic lighting realistic proportion symmetrical composition flawless detailing
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From Joshua Swamidass, a Gratuitous Drive-by Hit

Swamidass and BioLogos profess a commitment to "gracious dialogue." Read More ›
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Charles Darwin's study, courtesy of Wellcome Trust, [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Was Darwin a Scholar or a Pitchman?

You read a great deal about Darwin's scientific method and meticulousness as a student of nature, but that's not exactly scholarship. Read More ›
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Smithsonian castle in Washington DC
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Thinking Critically about Opposition to Teaching the Controversy

Smithsonian's recent article is filled with flawed logic. Read More ›

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