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Charles Darwin
Photo: Charles Darwin in 1855, by Maull and Polyblank, Literary and Scientific Portrait Club, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Racism of Darwin and Darwinism

Not only racism, but racial extermination was an integral feature of Darwin’s theory from the start. 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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Censored by YouTube: Watch The Biology of the Second Reich Now

I’m not sure why my video was singled out. Perhaps it received too many complaints from outraged Darwinists, or even from racists. Read More ›
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Darwinian Racism: How Evolutionary Theory Shaped Nazi Thinking

It was the spring 1999, a Denver suburb. The day, April 20 — Hitler’s birthday. An 18-year-old white nationalist donned a shirt emblazoned “Natural Selection.” Read More ›
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The Rise of Totalitarian Science, 2022 Edition

Now, after two years, facts are becoming clearer — and so are the momentous consequences of the pandemic for our culture. Read More ›
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#5 Story of 2021: Francis Collins’s Troubling Record at NIH

NIH Director Francis Collins is being praised as “a national treasure,” but his real legacy is anything but praiseworthy. Read More ›
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Bioethicists Okay Human Extinction to Eliminate Suffering

A few months ago, Oxford professor Roger Crisp opined that we might not want to stop a huge asteroid from hitting the Earth. Read More ›
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Evolutionary Psychology: Checkered Past, Checkered Present

If we want to effectively explain human behavior in all its messy richness, we would do well to look beyond this box of just-so stories. Read More ›
Francis-Collins
Photo: Francis Collins, by NIH Image Gallery, via Flickr.

Francis Collins’s Troubling Record at NIH

NIH Director Francis Collins is being praised as “a national treasure,” but his real legacy is anything but praiseworthy. Read More ›
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Documentary Human Zoos Is Screened at Detroit’s African-American History Museum

The film tells how thousands of indigenous peoples were put on public display in America in what scholars today call “human zoos.” Read More ›

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