Tag: Portland
Scientific Racism and the Confederate Flag
Alexander H. Stephens was Vice President of the Confederacy. In 1861 he delivered an oration justifying slavery and rebellion on scientific grounds.
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?
Why Intelligent Design Had to Be the First to Face the Guillotine
In Wesley J. Smith’s phrase, in the present cultural moment, we have witnessed “the French Revolution attacking the American Revolution.”
Darwinism Paved the Way to Our Perilous Cultural Moment
The year so far has delivered a stunning lesson in the fragility of freedom and of civilization.
Evolution Can’t Explain Sexual Modesty; Why Not?
Darwinism is supposed to be a universal theory about biological diversity advancing through reproduction. Could such a basic observation be beyond its scope?