Tag: history
Intelligent Design Is "Based on Religion"? Tell That to Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson not only believed in intelligent design, he insisted it was based on the plain evidence of nature, not religion.
In His Dissent on Obergefell, Clarence Thomas Defends Human Exceptionalism
I am not involved in the same-sex marriage debate. I want both sides on that contentious issue to agree with me on human exceptionalism.
More on Alfred Wallace, the "Victorian Indiana Jones"
Alfred Russel Wallace, compared to Charles Darwin, makes a quite plausible candidate for Hollywood heroic treatment.
A Disney Darwin Is Coming
There’s already an element of the fairy tale in the beguiling Darwinian story of evolution.
Imagine a World of Religions that Naturalism Might Indeed Be Able to Explain
Cognitive scientist Steven Pinker recently told CNN, “We don’t throw virgins into volcanoes any more.” No? Why not?