Tag: United States

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 13, 2026

Categories
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Political Science
Tagged
, Alexander H. Stephens, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Darwin, Civil War, Confederacy, Cornerstone Speech, Declaration of Independence, endowed by our creator, Founders, human equality, intelligent design, John West, liturgy, natural theology, Politics, Power Line, scientific racism, slavery, Southerners, Steve Hayward, United States, window dressing}

Debating the Declaration: John West on Science in the American Founding

_{David Klinghoffer
May 13, 2026

History of Science, Intelligent Design, Political Science

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Even non-Christian Founders like Benjamin Franklin thought about the evidence for intelligent design. Franklin studied it as part of his private liturgy. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 11, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Political Science
Tagged
, belief, China, creator, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Declaration of Independence, endowed by our creator, equality, Founders, Founding, ink, John West, Mao Zedong, materialists, National Archives, nations, natural science, nature, rights, sentiment, Soviet Union, sunlight, tombs, United States, V.I. Lenin}

John West: The Science of the American Founding Has Been Vindicated

_{David Klinghoffer
May 11, 2026

Intelligent Design, Political Science

2}

On display at the National Archives, the Declaration’s ink has faded from past exposure to sunlight. But its truths haven’t faded. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 7, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, agnostics, americans, Big Bang, Big Bangs, Catholics, Christianity, Christians, creator, Deity, Discovery Institute, documentary, faith and science, fine-tuning, Gilead, history of science, intelligence, Israel, Jeremiah, Jewish Journal, Jews, media, monotheism, nature, physicists, Protestants, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientific discoveries, Seattle, Singularity, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, United States, universe, weekend}

The Science of Theism as a Healing Salve

_{David Klinghoffer
May 7, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

3}

One reason I’m grateful for it is that the film makes a scientific case for theism of a kind that unites. It comes at an important moment for that. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 30, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Political Science
Tagged
, americans, Bible, creator, creed, Declaration of Independence, Discovery Institute, endowed by our creator, Founders, generations, happiness, human beings, intelligent design, iterations, John West, liberty, life, natural theology, rights, slavery, social evolution, United States, vibe}

In the Year of the Declaration’s 250th, Condemning Slavery in the Name of a “Vibe”?

_{David Klinghoffer
March 30, 2026

Intelligent Design, Political Science

2}

How urgent this book’s message is was brought home to me over the weekend in a conversation with a bright young man. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
March 23, 2026

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Tagged
, americans, apes, apotheosis, Carl Becker, Charles Darwin, Charles Merriam, Columbia University, Darwinian evolution, Declaration of Independence, education, endowed by our creator, environment, evolutionary racism, Founders, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, government, gravitation, Great Society, humanity, income, John Burgess, limited government, medical care, natural law, nature, Nature and Nature’s God, New Deal, New Jersey, New York City, Princeton University, progressives, Teutonic race, U.S. Constitution, United States, University of Chicago, Woodrow Wilson}

The Denial of Limited Government in the Name of Science

_{John G. West
March 23, 2026

Evolution, History of Science

7}

Charles Darwin was honored for showing that the truths preached by the political philosophers had been substantiated by biological science. Read More ›

Statue of Charles Darwin in Shrewsbury UK

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Author
John G. West

Date
March 16, 2026

Categories
Ethics
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Alfred Kinsey, Christopher Ryan, conscience, cultural anarchy, Darwinian biology, Darwinism, Declaration of Independence, endowed by our creator, ethics, family life, Founders, Friedrich Nietzsche, human sexuality, libertinism, liberty, Moral Law, morality, natural selection, New York Times, reason, relativism, revelation, Robert Wright, Sex at Dawn, sexual morality, United States, world view}

Darwinism’s Attack on the Laws of Nature and Nature’s God

_{John G. West
March 16, 2026

Ethics, Evolution, Faith & Science

5}

Needless to say, this new view of morality is toxic to the Founders’ understanding of liberty. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
March 3, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Political Science
Tagged
, atheist, Barack Obama, Benjamin Franklin, Bible, Calvin Coolidge, China, Curtis Yarvin, Declaration of Independence, Elizabeth Powel, endowed by our creator, equality, ethnicity, Founders, Freedom Train, French Revolution, G. K. Chesterton, geography, government, human rights, Independence Hall, liberty, Library of Congress, limited government, literature, National Archives, natural science, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Patrick Deneen, Philadelphia, philosophy, religion, Soviet Union, technocracy, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Constitution, United States, Vishal Mangalwadi}

Science, the Bible, and America’s Creed

_{John G. West
March 3, 2026

Faith & Science, Political Science

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When a wrong turn has been made, sometimes going back is the best way forward. If we want to restore America to health, we need to relearn the creed. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 2, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Political Science
Tagged
, American Founding, American Revolution, americans, Bible, blasphemy, consent, cornerstone, creator, Declaration of Independence, education, educators, endorsements, endowed by our creator, faith and science, feudalism, Founders, G. K. Chesterton, How Americans View the American Founding, human equality, jesus, John West, Middle East, monarchy, natural theologians, New Testament, political scientists, Politics, reason, revelation, theocracy, truths, United States, untruths, war}

War on the Founding: New Book by John West Describes the “Battle for America’s Soul”

_{David Klinghoffer
March 2, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Political Science

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At the present moment, defending the Declaration as our creed puts you on a collision course with some very influential people. Read More ›

Pouring milk from bottle into a glass on light blue background, high key shot

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 10, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Tagged
, alt-right, Art Caplan, Ben Carson, Benito Mussolini, bigotry, bioethicists, bioethics, dog whistle, eugenics, Europe, far right, For What It’s Worth, health, John Fetterman, lyrics, milk, neo-Nazis, Oval Office, paranoia, Racism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., school menus, Sigmund Freud, soy milk, U.S. Senate, United States, white nationalists, whole milk, whole white milk}

Bioethicist Jumps Shark, Goes After Whole Milk

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 10, 2026

Bioethics, Ethics

3}

To paraphrase Freud: Sometimes whole milk is just whole milk. It’s about improving health, not promoting bigotry. Read More ›

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Author
Amanda Witt

Date
January 21, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Benjamin Kidd, Benjamin Wiker, Christianity, Christians, Darwin Comes to Africa, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, Darwinists, Europe, Flora Lugard, Frederick Lugard, Fulani, Galton Chair of Eugenics, Great Britain, Islam, John West, Karl Pearson, livestock, Lord Salisbury, Nazi Germany, New Testament, Nigeria, Nigerians, Northern Nigeria, Olufemi Oluniyi, Racism, Richard Weikart, scientific racisim, Scripture, Sir Charles Eliot, Social Darwinism, United States, University College London, William MacGregor, Yoruba}

The Nigerian Experiment: Social Darwinism in Practice

_{Amanda Witt
January 21, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science

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In the late 19th century, Great Britain, the United States, and twelve European nations got together and divided Africa up among themselves. Read More ›