David Klinghoffer

_{Senior Fellow and Editor, Science and Culture Today}

David Klinghoffer is a Senior Fellow with Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture. He is the author of seven books including Plato’s Revenge: The New Science of the Immaterial Genome and The Lord Will Gather Me In: My Journey to Jewish Orthodoxy. A former senior editor at National Review, he has contributed to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other publications. He received an A.B. magna cum laude from Brown University in 1987. Born in Santa Monica, CA, he lives on Mercer Island, WA.

Archives

Spielberg’s Latest Is E.T. Without the Charm

_{David Klinghoffer
June 15, 2026}

Of the two characters in the film whom Steven Spielberg presents to us as the most compassionate and wise, one is a Catholic nun.

For Extraterrestrial Life, All Credit to a Creator

_{David Klinghoffer
June 10, 2026}

As Casey Luskin reminds us, technology-using aliens would — by the intent of the cosmic design — need to live on a planet like ours with a physiology like ours.

If You Care About Faith, Bring on the Aliens, Mr. Spielberg!

_{David Klinghoffer
June 9, 2026}

Luskin: "If alien life does exist, and if it looks or works even remotely like human biology, then it did not arise by blind evolution."

Science Isn’t God, but It Does Point to God

_{David Klinghoffer
June 8, 2026}

As you are driving on Interstate 5 just north of downtown Seattle, a home with purple floor-to-ceiling windows stands out prominently.

The Physics of Alien Life Would Necessitate Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
June 2, 2026}

Anyone imagining alien biology, anywhere across the universe, even if it takes unexpected forms, would have to include this expectation.

Ben Carson, John West: Human Equality in a Neurosurgeon’s View

_{David Klinghoffer
June 1, 2026}

You could draw a comparison to looking under the hood of your car, versus looking under the hood of mine.

In Seattle, Socialism Is the Flip Side of a Faulty Evolutionary Theory

_{David Klinghoffer
May 29, 2026}

Mayor Katie’s father is David Sloan Wilson, an esteemed evolutionary biologist at Binghamton University.

Debating the Declaration: John West on Science in the American Founding

_{David Klinghoffer
May 13, 2026}

Even non-Christian Founders like Benjamin Franklin thought about the evidence for intelligent design. Franklin studied it as part of his private liturgy.

John West: The Science of the American Founding Has Been Vindicated

_{David Klinghoffer
May 11, 2026}

On display at the National Archives, the Declaration’s ink has faded from past exposure to sunlight. But its truths haven’t faded.

Luskin: Alien Life Would Challenge Evolution, Not Religion

_{David Klinghoffer
May 10, 2026}

A theme in social media chatter has been that the disclosure will challenge religious beliefs, and that it may be a “psyop” directed against Christian faith.

What Would Aliens, if They Exist, Look Like? Like Us, or Like Jellyfish?

_{David Klinghoffer
May 7, 2026}

According to celebrity scientific atheist Neil deGrass Tyson, ETs would look nothing like us, because there is no reason they would.

The Science of Theism as a Healing Salve

_{David Klinghoffer
May 7, 2026}

One reason I’m grateful for it is that the film makes a scientific case for theism of a kind that unites. It comes at an important moment for that.

Meyer, Klavan: The Telltale “Element of Smugness” that’s a Giveaway for Scientific Atheists

_{David Klinghoffer
May 6, 2026}

I bet you could turn the sound off on a video of the well-known scientific atheists and they would be identifiable by the smugness that radiates from them.

Meyer, Kestenbaum: An Interfaith Conversation

_{David Klinghoffer
May 5, 2026}

At one point, Shabbos Kestenbaum recounts an observation about personalities in the Bible who fall asleep and wake up.

Meyer: Who Created God? “That’s an Easy One.”

_{David Klinghoffer
May 4, 2026}

The question is which underlying reality better explains the scientific evidence? Now memorize this for the next time your kids ask.

Incoming Irony: Hawking’s “Own Work Pointed to Need for a Transcendent Mind”

_{David Klinghoffer
May 4, 2026}

“Hawking’s own work in every way pointed to a creation event, and he spent a lot of the rest of his life trying to find a way around that."

Montañez: Story of Everything Is “Delicious,” Not Like Eating Your Vegetables

_{David Klinghoffer
May 3, 2026}

Personally, I would have zero interest in a faith-based movie that preached at you.

On Piers Morgan Show, Stephen Meyer Is Peppered with Some Diverse Questions

_{David Klinghoffer
May 1, 2026}

As always, Dr. Meyer is unrufflable, a good sport about it all, and a gentleman.

Atheist on The Story of Everything: “I’m Not Sold. But I Can’t Just Wave It Off Either.”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 30, 2026}

"I came away with a much clearer picture of the actual argument....That’s enough of a reason to watch."

Meyer, D’Souza: Is Knowledge of a Creator Innate?

_{David Klinghoffer
April 30, 2026}

A couple of friends made me laugh last week in telling about a Jewish class they took.