Human Exceptionalism

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Wesley J. Smith
August 5, 2025
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International Tribunals Grant Rights to Nature/Restrict Fossil Fuel Development

Wesley J. Smith
August 5, 2025
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The "nature rights" movement continues to advance swiftly across the globe. Recently, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled in an advisory opinion that to protect humans from climate change and other environmental disasters, nature should be granted "rights." Read More ›
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The Smithsonian Castle in Washington, D.C.
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David Klinghoffer
June 27, 2025
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Memo to the Smithsonian: Make Humans Exceptional Again

David Klinghoffer
June 27, 2025
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The nation’s museum shouldn’t be in the business of shaming the nation. But neither should it be in the business of belittling human beings, by all but equating us with chimps. Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture (CSC) has given extensive attention to the false science being fed to the nearly 4 million yearly visitors to the NMNH. Read More ›
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Two days old newborn baby
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Wesley J. Smith
June 19, 2025
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Brain-Dead Mother’s Baby Is Born

Wesley J. Smith
June 19, 2025
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Last month, I wrote about Adriana Smith, the pregnant young mother who tragically experienced blood clots in the brain and was declared dead by neurological criteria. Adriana’s body was maintained with mechanical support to allow her baby to be gestated. Well, time has passed, and thankfully Adriana’s baby was born by emergency caesarian section. Read More ›