Tag: Trump Administration

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 20, 2025

Categories
Genetics
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, American history, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, curator, delayed gratification, Dogs, human exceptionalism, human origins, human race, humans, humiliation, humility, National Museum of Natural History, National Zoo, Nature (journal), non-whites, pride, property, Protestant work ethic, rationality, Sean McDowell, self-hatred, self-reliance, Smithsonian Institution, The Golden Thread, Trump Administration, Wall Street Journal, whiteness, woke ideology}

Smithsonian Denigrates by Race, Including the Human Race

_{David Klinghoffer
August 20, 2025

Genetics, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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I have not yet heard that the Trump Administration is looking at what the NMNH says about human origins. But reforming the Smithsonian requires it. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 15, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, America, animals, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, elite culture, footnotes, human origins, humans, New York Post, radicalism, Roger Kimball, science education, Smithsonian Institution, The New Criterion, The Spectator, Trump Administration, wokeness}

Hey Smithsonian, Make Humans Exceptional Again

_{David Klinghoffer
August 15, 2025

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Denying human exceptionalism is intended to make human visitors to the museum feel animal-like and without special dignity. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 13, 2025

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, art historians, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, Georgetown University, human exceptionalism, human origins, interference, Lisa Strong, Michel Martin, misinformation, museums, National Museum of Natural History, New York Post, npr, pre-human ancestors, professionals, Smithsonian Institution, taxpayers, Trump Administration, trust, White House}

Are We Calling on the Smithsonian to Fix Errors Just to Be Mean?

_{David Klinghoffer
August 13, 2025

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Reporting

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The errors and biased oversimplifications of scholarly material all run in one direction: to persuade visitors that humans aren’t exceptional beings in nature. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 11, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Education
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, Australopithecines, Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus africanus, Casey Luskin, Ernst Mayr, Hall of Human Origins, Harvard University, human evolution, human exceptionalism, human origins, knuckle-walking, Lucy, National Museum of Natural History, Nature (journal), New York Post, podcast, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Museum, transparency, Trump Administration}

Casey Luskin Calls on the Smithsonian to Get It Right on Human Origins

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 11, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Education

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The Smithsonian Institution has recently been called out by the Trump Administration for pushing “one-sided, divisive political narratives.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 24, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, common ancestor, common ancestry, Creation Myths, Daniel Stern Cardinale, DNA, Erika DeBenedictis, evolution, gap divergence, genetic similarity, gibbon, Gone with the Wind, gorillas, Gutsick Gibbon, human origins, humans, intelligent design, National Museum of Natural History, Nature (journal), Plato's Revenge, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, Trump Administration, YouTube videos}

As Luskin Debunks 1 Percent Myth, Evolutionists Fire Wildly in Response

_{David Klinghoffer
July 24, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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The myth matters because a toxic lie being advanced in our culture denies the exceptional status of human beings in nature. Many evils follow from that denial. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 22, 2025

Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, American Humanist Association, anti-American propaganda, Bill Nye, chimpanzees, Daily Wire, disinformation, Donald Trump, genetic difference, Heritage Foundation, human beings, human exceptionalism, humans, ideology, Lonnie Bunch, Mike Gonzalez, museums, National Gallery of Art, National Museum of African American History and Culture, National Museum of American History, National Museum of Natural History, organisms, Plato's Revenge, Smithsonian Institution, Trump Administration}

Memo to the Smithsonian

_{David Klinghoffer
June 22, 2025

Cultural Anthropology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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We are trying to bring some reasonable pressure to bear on the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and its scientifically inaccurate displays. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
May 12, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, aborted babies, Anthony Fauci, anti-science, BioLogos, climate change, Congress, COVID, Darwinian evolution, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), Evangelical Christians, evolutionists, Federal Government, fossil fuels, Francis Collins, Harvard University, Jay Bhattacharya, John West, junk science, LGBTQIA, mice, Michael Behe, misinformation, pandemic, pro-science, recognize, Research, Richard Dawkins, scientific atheists, scientism, skepticism, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, taxpayers, Trump Administration, universities, University of Pittsburgh, vaginoplasty, Washington DC}

Group Founded by Francis Collins Launches PR Campaign for “Science”

_{John G. West
May 12, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Trustworthiness

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If your research at Harvard costs $1 million to conduct, Harvard will get an extra payment of nearly $900,000 to sweeten the deal. Who wouldn’t want free money? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 30, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Bethesda (magazine), censorship, COVID-19, DOGE, Donald Trump, Francis Collins, hormone injections, hysteria, ideology, innovation, Jay Bhattacharya, layoffs, National Institutes of Health, PhD students, reform, research funding, respondents, scientific debate, scientists, Trump Administration}

Hysteria in the Science Sector Over DOGE

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 30, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Scientific Freedom

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Whatever problems now exist for the public medical research funding sector, the disappointing Francis Collins helped create them. Read More ›