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.

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NY Times Aside, “Babies Are Obviously Conscious,” Says Dr. Egnor

_{David Klinghoffer
October 8, 2026}

If there an “active scientific debate” about it, then could it really be that the answer isn’t so clear?

Dr. Egnor: The “Platonic Turn” in Science

_{David Klinghoffer
October 5, 2026}

There is a “disconnect” between a physical organ of the body — the brain — and the “immortal mind,” the human spirit, that transcends it.

Brian Miller: The Blur at the Edges, Versus the Blur Everywhere

_{David Klinghoffer
October 1, 2026}

Evidence for intelligent design in nature may be clear to you, while other matters relating to faith remain far more perplexing.

Science, Science Abuse, and Today’s “Jewish Question”

_{David Klinghoffer
September 30, 2026}

Tucker Carlson has called for everyone in Israel to have a DNA test, to sort out the real from the false of “Abram's descendants.”

Casey Luskin: A Chasm Between Paradigms

_{David Klinghoffer
September 23, 2026}

To speak of a “paradigm shift” on Junk DNA is another way of saying that the debate is over and ID won.

Dr. Egnor: Denying the Mystery of the Mind

_{David Klinghoffer
September 22, 2026}

The mind, operating outside the body, can use reason to add 1 and 1 and reach a sum of 2. The brain cannot.

Meyer: Twenty Years Later, Debate with New Atheists Is Over

_{David Klinghoffer
September 22, 2026}

In the Philippine jungles after World War II, a few lonely Japanese soldiers carried on fighting for decades, not realizing the war was over.

The Heavens Declare, and the Sky Tells

_{David Klinghoffer
September 17, 2026}

Our contributor Kirk Durston takes gorgeous astronomy and other nature photos. He graciously agreed to let me share these, with his captions.

Kirkus Loves Oppenheimer’s Demon: “Quick Pacing, Deft Characterization, Expert Plotting”

_{David Klinghoffer
September 16, 2026}

From Discovery Institute Press, it's "high-stakes action that should satisfy the most demanding of political thrill seekers."

Simmons: The Sentence You Never Want to Read, but Should

_{David Klinghoffer
September 14, 2026}

This novelist has spent a good part of his medical career training others for emergencies, and acting in emergencies himself. He takes them seriously.

Oppenheimer’s Demon Is “9/11 Times a Thousand”

_{David Klinghoffer
September 10, 2026}

For the 25th anniversary of 9/11 you may be wondering what to read or watch for the occasion. I have a few suggestions.

Academic Fabrication: Is the Case of Designer Science an Isolated One?

_{David Klinghoffer
September 2, 2026}

"There are tales readily believed by scholars, 'in order to live' — because the ideological campus discourse is beyond question."

Is It “Rude” to Point Out the Seriousness of C. W. Howell’s Defamatory, Fabricated Quote?

_{David Klinghoffer
September 1, 2026}

A sincere apology, not merely acceding to the will of NYU’s legal team, would be "honorable."

Retraction Watch Reports on Designer Science Fiasco, but Mischaracterizes It

_{David Klinghoffer
August 31, 2026}

The headline is glaringly inaccurate. It says, “University press removes book about intelligent design for misquoting ID proponent.”

The Narrative Will Rock — But Not if C. W. Howell Can Help It

_{David Klinghoffer
August 28, 2026}

Dr. Shedinger, in Dr. Howell’s own field, could have saved him some trouble by looking at his scholarship more carefully than Howell’s own academic reviewers.

Scholarship Hits the Fan: Designer Science Now Gone from Multiple Sites

_{David Klinghoffer
August 27, 2026}

The lack of scrutiny and skepticism by professional academics reflects a crisis of its own.

New Thriller Tackles Intelligent Design and Robert Oppenheimer

_{David Klinghoffer
August 24, 2026}

The pivotal ID element comes in because a beautiful African-American neurosurgeon is testing the limits of academic freedom.

In NY Post, McDiarmid on Social Isolation and the Tech Nightmare

_{David Klinghoffer
August 23, 2026}

The wearable AI necklace, Friend, opens up a whole new chapter of horror. It’s not a parody: young people wear their “Friend” on their person.

Luskin on SpudCell in NY Post: It’s NOT Alive!

_{David Klinghoffer
August 17, 2026}

Dr. Frankenstein in Mary Shelley's horror novel came closer to creating life, based on misunderstandings of her own about “experiments of Dr. [Erasmus] Darwin.”

Vision Becomes Reality: The Center for Science and Culture at 30

_{David Klinghoffer
August 10, 2026}

What has changed dramatically is the nature, volume, and depth of the scientific evidence that supports ID.