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Free Speech on Campus: Considering State and Federal Action

There is no easy fix here. The President’s signature on a piece of paper won’t restore open inquiry on campuses. Read More ›
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Evolutionist Seethes as Duke Professor Analyzes Secular “Religion”

Staddon’s piece is topical, well written, and carefully reasoned. Coyne is of course free to disagree with Staddon’s conclusions. Read More ›
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Darwinism, Post-Modernism, and the Summer Seminars

While historically belonging to the pre-modern 19th century, Darwinian evolution teaches what amounts to the deconstruction of what was understood before to be the great design of biology. Read More ›
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Flat Earth Myth: A Favorite with ID Critics

Professor Jerry Coyne, for one, says that HarperCollins, publisher of Michael Behe’s forthcoming book, “should be ashamed at [sic] itself for publishing the biology equivalent of flat-Earthism.” Read More ›
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“No Astronomical Investigations of Importance” in the Middle Ages? Not True!

Michael Keas offers an important corrective to falsehoods that students are still learning at this very moment. Read More ›
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Atheism’s Myth of a Christian Dark Ages Is Unbelievable

Did Christianity really drag the West into an anti-scientific “Dark Ages,” a period said to stretch from the fall of Rome to 1450 AD? Read More ›
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David Gelernter: “You Need To Know Who You Are To Begin With”

Knowing who you are, where you came from, is a central purpose of education, and frankly not only in the humanities but in biology. Read More ›
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UK: Students Should Be Allowed to “Develop Own Opinions” Even if “Unpopular, Controversial”

A “chilling effect.” Yes, that’s a result of persecuting people with unpopular opinions. Read More ›
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An Open Door — Reasons for Hope on Academic Freedom?

As Sarah Chaffee points out, the new Free Science website is an outstanding new resource. Read More ›

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