Tag: history
In The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe Tells the Story of Evolution’s Epic Tumble
Darwinian evolution explains biological trivia but stumbles when it comes to the major innovations in the long history of life.
We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident
On Independence Day, it’s appropriate to review the sources of our rights as citizens.
Stephen Meyer on a “Special Relationship” at Risk
We spend a lot of time here criticizing the legacy of a 19th-century English gentleman scientist and the ideas of his latter-day followers.
The Darwinian Origins of Euthanasia Advocacy
Everything in ethics, every single weighty cultural issue I can think of, hinges on the question of biological origins.
Alfred Russel Wallace — Intelligent Design’s Lost Ancestor, Now Found
Michael Flannery casts Wallace as a “prophet,” in the Greek sense, one who interprets the text of nature.