Tag: William F. Buckley Jr.

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Atlantic Ocean, book reviews, Coast Guard, Connecticut, drowning, Great Elm, Lexington Avenue, Long Island, Long Island Sound, National Review, New England, new york, prep school, restroom, Sam Tanenhaus, singing, Southern California, submersible, Titanic, William F. Buckley Jr., Zillow}

Three Memories of William F. Buckley

_{David Klinghoffer
June 10, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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For Buckley on evolution, see here. I’m enjoying the new bio of him very so far, but am prepared to start joining the critics as I read further. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 5, 2025

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, 23andMe, Amazon, archaeology, Brown University, Columbia University, David Klinghoffer, dementia, Discovery Institute Press, DNA, epigenetics, genome, George Thomas, Greek, Greeks, Harriet Lund, humans, immaterial genome, journalism, Latin, Los Angeles, Mayflower, National Review, Orthodox Judaism, Oscar A. C. Lund, Plato, Plato's Revenge, Robert Rosen, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Smithsonian National Museum, The Gene: An Intimate History, whales, William F. Buckley Jr., yeast}

Spooked by Sternberg: From the Introduction to Plato’s Revenge

_{David Klinghoffer
May 5, 2025

Evolution, History of Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Scientific Reasoning

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All familiar thinking about the genome assumes that it is, of course, purely material. From this premise, biologist Richard Sternberg radically departs. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 16, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Science Reporting
Tagged
, analysis, biogeography, Charles Darwin, cladistics, conservatives, Darwin-skeptics, Darwin's House of Cards, Discovery Institute, Evolution News, fossil record, friendship, Harper’s Magazine, Hebrew Bible, journalists, loyalty, materialism, National Review, On the Origin of Species, Oxford University, Richard Lenski, skeptics, The Weekly Standard, thought, Tom Bethell, Tom Wolfe, William F. Buckley Jr., writing}

Iconoclast: Farewell to Tom Bethell

_{David Klinghoffer
February 16, 2021

Evolution, Science Reporting

4}

I remember having an exchange with Tom about the meaning of his last name, which seems to correspond to the Biblical place name Beth El, meaning "House of God." Read More ›

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Author
Michael D. Aeschliman

Date
January 7, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Tagged
, Aldous Huxley, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Brave New World, Christianity, Darwinism, G.K. Chesterton, George Bernard Shaw, George Orwell, H.G. Wells, imperialism, militarism, moral responsibility, Shaw Chesterton series, Social Darwinism, Soviet Union, T.S. Eliot, Westminster Abbey, William F. Buckley Jr., William Shakespeare}

Darwinism as the Root Problem of Modernity

_{Michael D. Aeschliman
January 7, 2021

Bioethics, Ethics

8}

Shaw and Chesterton believed that the acceptance of Darwinism made it impossible to resist social Darwinism, plutocracy, imperialism, racialism, and militarism. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 9, 2020

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, cancel culture, censorship, Charles Darwin, David Coppedge, Eric Hedin, Evolution News, Expelled (movie), Free Science, free speech, Günter Bechly, ID the Future, intelligent design, Robert Crowther, Summer Seminars, United States, William F. Buckley Jr., Willmoore Kendall, Yale University}

Free Speech and Intelligent Design’s Warning

_{David Klinghoffer
September 9, 2020

Scientific Freedom

2}

The censors came for us first, and no one protested. Now they’re coming for you. Indeed, they are coming for Charles Darwin himself. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 2, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, “consensus science”, academic freedom, American Revolution, arson, conservatives, Darwinism, David Coppedge, Douglas Axe, free speech, French Revolution, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, John Adams, looting, Marxism, Oregon, Portland, Richard Sternberg, rioting, Scott Minnich, Stephen Meyer, The New Criterion, The Origins of Totalitarianism, Thomas Jefferson, Tony Woodlief, Wall Street Journal, Wesley Smith, William F. Buckley Jr., Willmoore Kendall, Yale University}

Why Intelligent Design Had to Be the First to Face the Guillotine

_{David Klinghoffer
September 2, 2020

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

7}

In Wesley J. Smith’s phrase, in the present cultural moment, we have witnessed “the French Revolution attacking the American Revolution.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Ruse

Date
November 15, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __edited, ACLU, Arkansas, Darwinism, David Berlinski, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Firing Line, intelligent design, Kenneth Miller, Michael Behe, Michael Ruse, Phillip E. Johnson, philosophy of biology, Richard Dawkins, William F. Buckley Jr.}

Phillip Johnson: A Fond Farewell

_{Michael Ruse
November 15, 2019

Evolution, Faith & Science

2}

I have the unique distinction of having contributed in the same year to the Festschrifts of both Phil Johnson and Richard Dawkins. I feel a bit like a double agent. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 25, 2019

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, conservatism, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian theory, emotions, homework, intelligent design, Kevin Williamson, Michael Behe, National Review, Nature (journal), novelty, PNAS, Science (journal), Scott Minnich, University of Idaho, William F. Buckley Jr.}

Michael Behe’s Darwin Devolves — When You’re Ready to Think for Yourself

_{David Klinghoffer
January 25, 2019

Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

The idea that scientists are like tribal elders, to be respected and never questioned, much less smirked at (God forbid), is one possible perspective. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 21, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, careerism, credentialism, Darwinists, groupthink, H.L. Mencken, intelligent design, Kevin Williamson, National Review, scientists, William F. Buckley Jr.}

Intelligent Design as “Daft Rube-Bait”: Round 2 with Kevin Williamson

_{David Klinghoffer
January 21, 2019

Intelligent Design

2}

“He is saying that critics of Darwin should allow themselves to be abused — by non-scientists like Kevin Williamson — and just take it.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 16, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Commentary, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinism, deplorables, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, Firing Line, Gertrude Himmelfarb, intelligent design, Irving Kristol, James A. Shapiro, Kevin Williamson, National Review, Phillip E. Johnson, Richard John Neuhaus, Royal Society, Signature in the Cell, snobbery, Texas, The Information Enigma, Tom Wolfe, Wesley Smith, Whittaker Chambers, William F. Buckley Jr., Witness}

Kevin Williamson on Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
January 16, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

No intellectually challenging idea has attracted more uninformed criticism than ID. Read More ›