Tag: Tennessee

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
December 12, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, Alabama, biologic institute, California Science Center, Casey Luskin, Charles Marshall, Cornell University, Darwin’s Dilemma, Darwin’s Doubt, Discovery Institute, education, George Church, Granville Sewell, Illustra Media, intelligent design, John E. Jones, junk DNA, Kevin Padian, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Louisiana, Louisiana Science Education Act, Martin Gaskell, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, National Center for Science Education, Nature (journal), New Mexico, Nick Matzke, Pennsylvania, public policy, South Carolina, Ten Myths About Dover, Tennessee, Texas, Thomas Nagel, Times Literary Supplement, University of Kentucky}

Ten Myths About Dover: No. 10, “The Intelligent Design Movement Died After Dover”

_{Sarah Chaffee
December 12, 2025

Intelligent Design, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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In December 2005, Judge John E. Jones ruled that intelligent design is not science, but religion. Critics predicted this would mean the end of the ID movement. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 12, 2025

Categories
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, American Civil Liberties Union, Antonin Scalia, Ball State University, Clarence Darrow, Council of Europe, Dayton, Discovery Institute, DNA, Eric Hedin, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, fossil record, freedom from religion foundation, Günter Bechly, ID 3.0, Inherit the Wind, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jerry Coyne, John Scopes, Kitzmiller v. Dover, monkey law, public schools, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Jay Gould, Supreme Court, Tennessee, Texas, Tree of Life, UC Berkeley, University of Idaho, William Jennings Bryan}

Scopes in Reverse: A History of Evolution Education in U.S. Public Schools

_{Casey Luskin
December 12, 2025

Legal Science (jurisprudence), Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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Undoubtedly there will be more court cases and curriculum battles in the future over how to teach evolution. Read More ›

Magic imaginary world full with color and happiness. Generative ai.

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 22, 2025

Categories
Epistemology
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Carole Hooven, Clarence Darrow, Colin Wright, common descent, Darwinists, Edward Larson, evidence, evolutionary biology, fundamentalism, gravity, human origins, Jerry Coyne, logic, New York Times, private truth, public truth, reason, Richard Dawkins, Scopes Monkey Trial, subjectivism, Summer for the Gods, Tennessee, University of Chicago, William Jennings Bryan}

In Science, the Rising Power of Private Truth

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 22, 2025

Epistemology, Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

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Many people experience a vast liberation when they are freed from the constraints of logic, reason, and evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 22, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, ACLU, Antonin Scalia, Arkansas, Ball State University, censorship, Darwin’s Black Box, Darwinism, Dayton, Denis Noble, education, Eric Hedin, evolution, free speech, Günter Bechly, history, ID 3.0, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, John Scopes, Julian Huxley, Michael Behe, monkey law, National Center for Science Education, Neo-Darwinism, npr, Richard Sternberg, Scopes trial, speech codes, Stephen Jay Gould, Tennessee, tenure, The Daily Wire, Third Way of Evolution, University of Chicago, Vanderbilt University}

A Century After the Scopes Trial, Censoring Spirit on Evolution Still Thrives

_{Casey Luskin
July 22, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

10}

From evolutionists, a surge of persecutions has included tenure denials, job blacklisting, and speech codes. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Chapman

Date
July 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, Bible, Clarence Darrow, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, Dayton, Field Museum of Natural History, Inherit the Wind, mental illness, On the Origin of Species, Proverbs, Robert E. Lee, Spencer Tracy, Tennessee, William Jennings Bryan}

Scopes and History: A Personal Reminiscence

_{Bruce Chapman
July 10, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education

3}

In 1956 my father, a devout Darwinian who had failed to persuade me by taking me to the esteemed Field Museum in Chicago, treated me to a theater offering. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Antonin Scalia, censorship, Dayton, intelligent design, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Plato’s Revenge, Richard Sternberg, Scopes Monkey Trial, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, Supreme Court, Tennessee, The Daily Wire, Vanderbilt University}

One Hundred Years After Scopes, It’s “Scopes-in-Reverse”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 10, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

3}

Casey Luskin tried to contact the folks at Vanderbilt about the lock-out, but no one even bothered to get back to him. Read More ›

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Date
July 7, 2025

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, apologetics, Bible, C.S. Lewis, Charles Darwin, Clarence Darrow, culture, Dayton, Discovery Institute, Francis Galton, H.L. Mencken, Hollywood, Inherit the Wind, John Scopes, John West, Origin of Species, science and religion, scientific racism, scientism, Scopes trial, Tennessee, The Descent of Man, The Magician's Twin, trial lawyers, William Jennings Bryan, Woodrow Wilson, Young Earth Creationists}

Scopes Revisited: An Interview with Historian Jefrey Breshears

_{Science & Culture
July 7, 2025

Evolution, History of Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

10}

Promoted as a battle royale between science and religion — evolutionary theory versus biblical creation — in its actual content the trial was underwhelming. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 1, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, ACLU, Casey Luskin, crime, culture, Darwin skeptics, Dayton, evolution, faith and science, fundamentalism, human evolution, ID the Future, Inherit the Wind, media, Michael Egnor, modernism, podcast, radio, science, Scopes Monkey Trial, stereotypes, technology, Tennessee}

A Century Later, the Spirit of Scopes Is Alive and Well

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 1, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Reporting

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According to secularist legend, the Scopes trial represented a great showdown between ignorant, fundamentalist religion and enlightened, scientific progress. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 30, 2025

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, americans, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Big Bang, biology, brain, Christians, cultural Christianity, Dayton, Denyse O'Leary, DNA, Elon Musk, evolution, faith and science, feelings, immaterial genome, intellectuals, Jonathan Haidt, Jordan Peterson, mainstream media, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, Niall Ferguson, Orthodox Jews, Pew Research Center, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, Scopes Monkey Trial, Stephen Meyer, Tennessee, The Free Press, The Immortal Mind, Western civilization}

With Scopes Trial Anniversary Approaching, We Need Science, Not Just Feelings

_{David Klinghoffer
June 30, 2025

Evolution, History of Science, Intelligent Design

5}

At best, Christian commitment without a reasonable basis is only shifting sand under believers’ feet. At worst, it invites disdain. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 29, 2025

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, ACLU, Colin Wright, Darwinism, Dayton, Donald Trump, evolutionary biologists, history, John Scopes, National Institutes of Health, private truth, public education, public truth, Salvo Magazine, Scopes Monkey Trial, Tennessee, transgenderism, Washington Post}

Scopes “Monkey” Trial Is Turning One Hundred

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 29, 2025

Evolution, History of Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

5}

Almost nothing happened quite the way the stereotypes have portrayed it since then. Read More ›