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Listen: Demonizers and Dehumanizers

John West urges supporters of vaccinations to meet the other side not with insults but with reasoned discourse and scientific evidence. Read More ›
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Where the Abortion Debate Goes from Here

On a new podcast, host Wesley Smith and guest Catherine Glenn Foster discuss the Dobbs decision. Read More ›
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2022 YouTube Film Festival: The War on Humans

The video investigates activists who want to grant legal rights to animals and plants, and who want to reduce the human population by up to 90 percent. Read More ›
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When Medical Science Becomes Heartless: The Case of Joshua Smith

This might be a good time to take stock of those you rely on for your medical care. How much do you know about your doctors? Read More ›
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How Science Fueled the White Supremacist Mass Murderer in Buffalo, NY

Over the weekend, a teenage male shooter perpetrated a horrific mass murder in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York. Read More ›
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Thanksgiving and the Frailty of Scientific Atheism 

Our bioethicist colleague Wesley Smith had a very interesting and wide-ranging conversation with Stephen Meyer. Read More ›
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Human Zoos — How “Science” Fueled the Racial Fire

Where did many white people of the past get the wicked idea that their lives matter more than black lives? Read More ›
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Elk Goes Down; Darwin Breathes a Sigh of Relief

What is the evolutionary argument against unapologetic racism and the supremacy of whatever race can climb to the top? Read More ›
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Erika DeBenedictis and the Cost of Playing God

I won’t recap the splendid work Emily Reeves has already done here in dissecting the TEDx talk from a scientific angle. Read More ›
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Life and Limbaugh: The Design Perspective

The idea that life is designed entails a radically different attitude compared to the materialistic understanding that life splashed ashore on Earth by chance. Read More ›

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