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Remembering a Colleague, Mentor, and Friend: Jonathan Wells

To get ready for a research stint he shaved his beard and used hydrogen peroxide to dye his hair bleach blond to avoid being recognized. Read More ›
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Image: Thomas Henry Huxley, via Wikimedia Commons.

Philosophy, Not Evidence, Drove Darwin and Huxley

This is an important thing to remember as we continue to evaluate the legacy of Darwin’s arguments today. Read More ›
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Charles Darwin statue
Photo: Darwin statute at the Natural History Museum, by Alan Perestrello, via Flickr (cropped).

Cancel Darwin? No, But Do Recognize How Evolution Boosted Racism

Cancel culture is becoming surreal. Or should I say even more surreal? “Exotic birds” are now judged to be offensive. What next? Read More ›
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T. H. Huxley
Image: T. H. Huxley, by A. Legros, via Wikimedia Commons.

Admit an “Error” by Darwin and Huxley? Here’s How It Could Be Permitted

As we all know, evolutionary theory, like the famed golf game of Kim Jon-il, contains no errors or weaknesses of any kind. Read More ›
Charles Darwin statue
Charles Darwin statue
Photo: Darwin statute at the Natural History Museum, by Alan Perestrello, via Flickr (cropped).

Cancel Darwin? No, But Do Recognize How Evolution Boosted Racism

Cancel culture is becoming surreal. Or should I say even more surreal? “Exotic birds” are now judged to be offensive. What next? Read More ›
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Why Nature’s Prophet Had to be Written

Wallace’s greatest “heresy” was to become, after his co-discovery of natural selection, “godfather” of the modern theory of intelligent design. Read More ›
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Phillip Johnson and the Rebellion of the Evidence

When Phil started talking, his diminutive stature and drab appearance melted away, replaced by a series of powerful arguments sharpened with irony and deadly accurate humor. Read More ›
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Listen: Nancy Pearcey on How Philosophy, Not Evidence, Drove Darwin and Huxley

One historian says Darwin’s naturalism came first, and “only later did he find a theory to validate his convictions.” Read More ›
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On Science, Morality, and Wonder, an Atheist Rebukes Other Atheists

An image offered by Einstein, of the sublimely mysterious library, is sensitive and beautiful. Read More ›
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A Tendentious Appeal for Methodological Naturalism

Dawes and Smith say they’re simply describing (as a “matter of fact”) the history of science. Read More ›

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