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ID Education Day Is Coming to Tacoma, November 6!

This is a fantastic field trip opportunity for middle and high school students in homeschool and private school settings to interact directly with scientists. Read More ›
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Scopes: Same Debate, Different World 

Understandably, the Scopes trial is often viewed through the lens of current debates surrounding evolution, creationism, and intelligent design. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin on Intelligent Design, Evolution, and the Fossil Record

In the realm of education, Luskin addresses the controversy surrounding teaching evolution and intelligent design in schools. Read More ›
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Photo: Alcatraz Prison, by marine_perez, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Far from Chastened by Reality, Scientific Authoritarians Are Doubling Down

Ethan Siegel, an astrophysicist and award-winning science writer, advocates for criminally and civilly punishing violators of the “scientific consensus.” Read More ›
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Francis Collins’s “Road to Folly”

How does someone as inept as Francis Collins (and I’m being charitable) have the gall to tell anyone else how to become wise? Read More ›
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The Technocratic Authoritarians Still Want Their “Pandemic Treaty”

Wouldn’t it all have gone a lot better if, instead of our fellow Americans doing it to us, we’d handed over national sovereignty to an international body? Read More ›
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Why Are We Drawn to Beauty?

While I love Haidt’s emphasis and regard for the beautiful, I question the power of his argument about beauty as a remnant of our collective survival instinct. Read More ›
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Image: John Henry Newman, by John Everett Millais, via Wikimedia Commons.

Teaching Intelligent Design to Revitalize Catholic Education

Many Christian schools teach the same curriculum that secular schools do with some added religious flavoring. Read More ›
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The Darwin Wall Still Stands; but for How Long?

The tyranny of Darwinism in academia does not yet allow for open exchange of ideas and debate over origins. Read More ›
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Fauci and Collins Owe the Country an Apology

The harm done unnecessarily to children — their lost time in school, not to mention missed socialization — is a blow from which many will never recover. Read More ›

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