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The Edge of Evolution

If you’re fascinated by science but bored with discussions about evolution (as I am), then I recommend this short video exchange between linguist John McWhorter and biochemist Michael Behe. McWhorter, who happens to be an atheist, does an excellent job of asking the questions many of us have . . . . Continue Reading »

Oh, Those Thin Skinned Bioethicists

The Bioethics Establishment are sure a thin skinned lot.  When my book Culture of Death came out, criticizing entirely mainstream views within the the bioethics movement, you should have heard the screaming. One bioethicist even wrote a review in a major bioethical journal asserting that the . . . . Continue Reading »

Yale Cartoons and UN Experts

Here’s a letter to the editor of the Washington Post regarding Yale’s cartoon controversy : The Aug. 23 editorial “Self-Muzzled at Yale” criticized Yale University Press for its decision to exclude controversial Danish cartoons of the prophet Muhammad from a forthcoming book. We . . . . Continue Reading »

A New Kind of Muslim?

As Muslims across the world celebrate Ramadan, they’ll be joined in their fast by Brian D. McLaren . McLaren, the controversial godfather of the emergent church movement, says he and a handful of his friends are fasting during the Islamic holy month in order to “come close to our Muslim . . . . Continue Reading »

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