1+ week, 5+ day ago   (295+ words) Editor’s note: With the 25th anniversary of 9/11 coming up, the new Discovery Institute Press thriller, Oppenheimer’s Demon, is a tense and timely reminder to recall that terror-borne catastrophe. John Zmirak wrote a fantastic review of the book for Chronicles, kindly giving…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (869+ words) One positive aspect: Howell rightly observes that some other would-be histories of ID, especially those by written by critics, are “polemical” and “activist.” Source Now I want to put the effort in context. One positive aspect: Howell rightly observes that…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (293+ words) Have you ever read a book in which both the origin and end of man hang in the balance? That’s a rare combination that comes together in a new thriller novel. Source Have you ever read a book in which…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (179+ words) As Casey Luskin wrote here earlier today, C. W. Howell’s book Designer Science tries to tie intelligent design to larger trends of “extreme” science skepticism that have bothered many in the science community. Howell seeks to link those to the political right:…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (751+ words) Failing to acknowledge mistakes when they are pointed out to you is one of the surest signs of “soldier mindset.” Source Three years ago, I published a series of four articles (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4) engaging with Dave Farina who…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (340+ words) But before we knew very much about him — including the fact that he does survive in our genomes — it was easy to co-opt him for the role of the subhuman, which human evolution theory badly needs. Without a subhuman, the…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (303+ words) Back in the 1990s, scientists were just starting to discover that virtually all cellular processes were powered by molecular machines. Source One of the seminal books of the modern intelligent design movement is Darwin’s Black Box, written by biochemist and professor…...