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Doctor’s Diary: Our Remarkable Healing Processes and the Coronavirus Infection

There are several ways to fight this pandemic besides social isolation, wearing masks, and proper hand-washing. Read More ›
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Viruses: An Intelligent Design Perspective

Certainly, in a context of global anxiety, this is a subject that needs to be approached with sensitivity and humility. Read More ›
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Approved by FDA Against COVID-19, Chloroquine Is Also Prominent in the Case for Intelligent Design

Something I had not heard before is a really clear explanation of how chloroquine works, on the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum and, perhaps, on the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Read More ›
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Coronavirus, Intelligent Design, and Evolution

The measures being taken against the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic owe nothing to evolutionary theory. Read More ›
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Listen: Biochemist Michael Behe Puts Coronavirus in a Helpful Scientific Perspective

Are we 8 percent virus (when we’re not 98 percent chimpanzee)? Dr. Behe explains that it’s not quite that clear. Read More ›
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Photo: A coronavirus, by CDC/ Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM / Public domain.

Evolution, Design, and COVID-19

From time to time a storm arises in the virosphere and affects humans. Read More ›
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Michael Behe: A Man and His Critics

Behe is not in a defensive posture, despite his critics. He continues to advance. Read More ›
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For Dreams of Darwinian Evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution Is an Insuperable Problem

Professor Lenski’s contrasting of the frequency versus importance of evolutionary changes is misconceived and his illustrations are inapt. Read More ›
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Measles “Hacking” the Body?

In previous articles I have discussed how biological organisms exhibit patterns that are highly analogous to computer programs written by humans. Read More ›

Why Families Should Decide When to “Pull Plugs”

When Frank saw signs of life, doctors would dismiss his observation as a “reflex.” How often I have heard that over 25 years of anti-euthanasia advocacy! Read More ›

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