David Klinghoffer

_{Senior Fellow and Editor, Evolution News}

David Klinghoffer is a Senior Fellow of Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture. He is the author of six books including The Lord Will Gather Me In: My Journey to Jewish Orthodoxy and, with Senator Joseph Lieberman, The Gift of Rest. 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

Cold Water on “Dire Wolves”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 9, 2025}

"These are not dire wolves," says evolutionary biologist Neil Shubin. "These are gray wolves with 20 edited genes."

A Needed Protest Against “AI Slop” and AI “Word Vomit”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 9, 2025}

It’s all another lesson in human exceptionalism. I believe we will wake up from the AI delusion someday.

A Neurosurgeon’s Intimate Account: How Science Gives Evidence of an Immortal Soul

_{David Klinghoffer
March 31, 2025}

You can pre-order the book now, by May 31, and get a number of free items along with it.

Standing O for Jerry Coyne?

_{David Klinghoffer
March 31, 2025}

Using his power and the prestige brand of his university to bully someone like Eric Hedin was nothing less than loathsome.

Congratulations to Jay Bhattacharya, Replacing Francis Collins at NIH!

_{David Klinghoffer
March 28, 2025}

How can our country get more Bhattacharyas and fewer Collinses? That is one way of phrasing the question that Dr. West sets out to answer.

West: Why We Can’t “Just Make Peace with Darwin”

_{David Klinghoffer
March 25, 2025}

Watch this and then ask a Darwinist friend if he or she can think of one way that the evolutionary perspective has ennobled or uplifted anyone.

Jonathan Wells and the “Unknown Unknowns”

_{David Klinghoffer
March 24, 2025}

Richard Sternberg regretted, citing Plato, that “words are very poor containers for what one wants to say” about a friend like Jonathan.

Doug Axe on Darwinian Evolution: “One of the Weakest, Most Pathetic Scientific Theories”

_{David Klinghoffer
March 21, 2025}

Dr. Axe shared a particularly poignant memory of being a 19-year-old studying at UC Berkeley and attending a chemistry lecture.

“What Is a Scientist?” A Fine Review for Forrest Mims

_{David Klinghoffer
March 20, 2025}

"A critique of scientific elitism, and a guidebook for anyone who wants to pursue real science — regardless of credentials."

Dembski, Ewert, and Intelligent Design in Polish: “A Game Changer”

_{David Klinghoffer
March 11, 2025}

Among our partners around the world, one of the finest, doing some of the most impressive work, is the En Arche Foundation in Poland.

Physicist Brian Miller on All the Levels of Fine-Tuning: “Somebody Knew You Were Coming”

_{David Klinghoffer
March 5, 2025}

Dr. Miller gave a concise summary of the evidence of fine-tuning, from the cosmic scale down to the planetary and the environmental, finally to the biological.

Let’s Not Forget About That Covid Commission

_{David Klinghoffer
March 5, 2025}

When speaking of the disaster that began to unfold in 2020, do you refer to it as the Covid “pandemic” or the Covid “lockdowns and vaccine mandates”?

Casey Luskin: Intelligent Design, Islamic Edition

_{David Klinghoffer
March 1, 2025}

Much of the focus is on the “junk DNA” argument against ID, but stay tuned for the amusing case of Dr. Dan Stern Cardinale and the feathered crocodile.

Weaponizing Winsomeness: Eric Metaxas and John West on Stockholm Syndrome Christianity

_{David Klinghoffer
February 25, 2025}

Leaders such as Francis Collins, under the cover of his own performative winsomeness, have prioritized being liked and respected by secular elites.

A Useful Christian: John West on Francis Collins and Stockholm Syndrome Christianity

_{David Klinghoffer
February 24, 2025}

There are Stockholm syndrome Jews as well — you’ll see them parading with “anti-Zionist” groups on campus and in the street.

“Friends with Francis”: How Institutions Devolve

_{David Klinghoffer
February 24, 2025}

Among the temptations we face as humans, friendship — otherwise such a wonderful thing — doesn’t get the attention it deserves.

Bret Weinstein on the Joe Rogan Podcast: Darwinism Is “Broken,” Intelligent Design Is “Catching Up”

_{David Klinghoffer
February 10, 2025}

Dr. Weinstein alludes to another Darwinian mechanism operating on top of the standard one of random mutation and natural selection.

Hey DOGE, Take a Look at NASA

_{David Klinghoffer
February 8, 2025}

For the materialist, atheist evolutionary viewpoint to be valid, life must be easy to evolve, so aliens MUST be out there somewhere.

Could This Be the Year’s Most Ridiculous Idea About How Life Originated?

_{David Klinghoffer
February 5, 2025}

Stories like this always want to tell us how Earth and life are not “special.” It’s an obsession with science writers, and seemingly with the folks at NASA too.

John West: Science’s Debt to Intelligent Design Is Not Just in the Past — But Today

_{David Klinghoffer
February 3, 2025}

The God hypothesis… Where have I heard that phrase, used by columnist Ross Douthat, before?