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Michael Egnor
March 30, 2020
Intelligent Design, Religion and Civic Life

Are Evangelicals “Crippling” Our Coronavirus Response?

Michael Egnor
March 30, 2020
Intelligent Design, Religion and Civic Life
Evangelicals didn’t cause thus plague, and we desperately need the courage and wisdom that evangelicals have always brought to bear against pandemics. They deserve better than this slander. We would be wise to look closely at the real ideological and scientific “consensus” — a wholly secular consensus — that inflicted this misery on humanity. Read More ›
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The Charging Bull of Wall Street by @bantersnaps via Unsplash
Christopher Rufo
March 27, 2020
Economics

Growth Without Virtue

Christopher Rufo
March 27, 2020
Economics
The coronavirus has stopped our society in its tracks. Businesses are closed, daily routines are on hold, and families are huddled together indoors. With the headlines screaming catastrophe — death, depression, and despair — the partisans have retreated to their familiar corners. The socialist Left is hoping to permanently expand the domain of the state, and the libertarian Right is hoping to engineer a quick bailout and return to the “free market.” Read More ›
Molecule model of Chloroquine, a medication used to treat malaria, maybe also able to calm the symptoms of Covid 19 virus. White is Hydrogen, black is Carbon, blue is Nitrgen, and green is Chlorine.
Molecule model of Chloroquine, a medication used to treat malaria, maybe also able to calm the symptoms of Covid 19 virus. White is Hydrogen, black is Carbon, blue is Nitrgen, and green is Chlorine.
Jay Cordes and Gary N. Smith
March 26, 2020
Artificial Intelligence

Is Chloroquine really a “Game Changer” for COVID-19?

Jay Cordes and Gary N. Smith
March 26, 2020
Artificial Intelligence
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that French researchers treated COVID-19 patients with a “game-changer” combination of hydroxychloroquine and a Z-Pak (antibiotic), and that every single patient was cured within 6 days. In comparison, the recovery rates were 57.1% for patients treated with hydroxychloroquine alone and only 12.5% for patients who received neither medication. More tests are needed but the obvious conclusion would be treat first, test later. What harm could that do? Read More ›
Doctor checking breathing machine while putting oxygen mask on patient
Close up of female hands touching monitor of mechanical ventilator. Middle aged man lying in hospital bed on blurred background
Michael Newton Keas
March 25, 2020
Intelligent Design, Religion and Civic Life

Medicine, Religion, and Cosmos — Was Andrew Cuomo Wrong to Invoke God?

Michael Newton Keas
March 25, 2020
Intelligent Design, Religion and Civic Life
In a press conference yesterday about the coronavirus, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo used notably religious language. He observed that healthcare workers are “doing God’s work” of caring for people. Was he mistaken in saying so? You might well think so from watching the Cosmos series on Fox and the National Geographic channels. Read More ›
Homeless Soul Sleeping on the Streets
Christopher Rufo
March 24, 2020
Economics

Coronavirus Exposes How West Coast Progressives Failed the Homeless

Christopher Rufo
March 24, 2020
Economics
The coronavirus has changed almost every facet of American life. It has disrupted work routines, sent children home from school, and stress-tested the global supply chain. Medical researchers have warned for weeks that the new coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19, is particularly dangerous to seniors and those with underlying health conditions. But in West Coast cities such as Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, public authorities are quickly discovering another potential tinderbox for infection: homeless encampments. Read More ›
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Michael Egnor
March 24, 2020
Intelligent Design

To Ask “Where Is God in This Pandemic?” Is to Acknowledge that God Exists

Michael Egnor
March 24, 2020
Intelligent Design

Many ask: Where is God in this pandemic? This problem of theodicy is real, of course. We don’t always know or understand God’s ways. But we should understand that the question “Where is God in this pandemic?” presupposes God’s existence. To see how, consider a world in which He didn’t exist. Without a Creator, there would be no objective moral standard — Read More ›

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Portrait of Baruch de Spinoza
Portrait of Baruch de Spinoza (1632-1677), ca. 1665 via Wikimedia Commons
Michael Newton Keas
March 23, 2020
Intelligent Design

Baruch Spinoza Was No Science Hero

Michael Newton Keas
March 23, 2020
Intelligent Design
The third season of Cosmos has released four episodes so far, with more to come this Monday, on Fox and the National Geographic channel. The most consequential historical error to correct as yet concerns the treatment of Spinoza. Read More ›