A Century Ago, The ‘Scopes Monkey Trial’ Shook The Nation. The Stakes Are Just As High Today.

Advocates and critics of evolution see the Scopes centennial as an opportunity to reset the debate. By  Leif Le Mahieu – Jul 31, 2025   DailyWire.com Getty Images My cmnt: Click here to read an accurate and thorough review of the … Continue reading A Century Ago, The ‘Scopes Monkey Trial’ Shook The Nation. The Stakes Are Just As High Today.

New Study of the Medieval Warm Period Debunks Current Climate Models

By Ward Clark |5:00 PM on March 10, 2025 The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. The Medieval Warm Period was (as the name suggests) a prolonged period of unusually … Continue reading New Study of the Medieval Warm Period Debunks Current Climate Models

‘Hits you in the heart’ — NASA astronaut shares story of hard work with Goodrich Lincoln students

Jenna Ebbers – Jan 24, 2025 – Lincoln Journal Star My cmnt: When I picked my grandson up from Goodrich and asked if anything great happened at school he said, “We saw an astronaut.” I responded, “How was he?” Grandson … Continue reading ‘Hits you in the heart’ — NASA astronaut shares story of hard work with Goodrich Lincoln students

Do You Have to Be Stupid to Believe in God?

by Leonard Sax – Fall 2024 – Claremont Review of Books Bestselling “New Atheist” author Richard Dawkins famously asked: does religion turn people stupid, or do stupid people become religious? His formula—equating religious belief with stupidity—has become the default position … Continue reading Do You Have to Be Stupid to Believe in God?

Climate Change Was the Big Election Loser

Stephen Moore |  Nov 13, 2024 | Townhall My cmnt: Click on the Climate Change category on this website to see numerous articles on this subject. First, the climate changes naturally and endlessly all the time. There is no “normal” climate. … Continue reading Climate Change Was the Big Election Loser

Against Scientific Gatekeeping

Science should be a profession, not a priesthood. March 16, 2022 • Commentary By Jeffrey A. Singer for Cato Inst This article appeared in the May 2022 issue of Reason. In March 2020, the iconoclastic French microbiologist Didier Raoult announced that the antimalaria drug hydroxychloroquine had cured all 36 COVID-19 patients enrolled in his clinical trial. Many of Raoult’s colleagues rejected his conclusions, arguing that the trial was too small and noting that it was not randomized and controlled. But as the deadly coronavirus spread rapidly throughout the world and governments responded with draconian lockdowns, public attention was quickly drawn to the … Continue reading Against Scientific Gatekeeping