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covid-19

African American man in a hospital bed.
Stock photo by digitalskillet1 on Adobe Stock
Wesley J. Smith
July 6, 2020
Human Exceptionalism

The Deadly “Quality of Life” Ethic

Wesley J. Smith
July 6, 2020
Human Exceptionalism
Something evil happened recently in Austin. Michael Hickson, a forty-six-year-old African-American man with quadriplegia and a serious brain injury, was refused treatment at St. David’s Hospital South Austin while ill with COVID-19. Read More ›
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Bill Walton
June 17, 2020
Economics

The Bill Walton Show: The True Human Costs of Government Imposed Lockdowns with Jim Agresti

Bill Walton
June 17, 2020
Economics
Medical studies show that excessive stress and anxiety are among the most debilitating and deadly of all health hazards in the world. Beyond their obvious effects like suicide and substance abuse—these mental stressors are strongly related to and may trigger and inflame a host of ailments like high blood pressure, digestive disorders, heart conditions, infectious diseases, cancer, and pregnancy complications. Read More ›
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Michael J. Behe
June 13, 2020
Intelligent Design

Viruses, COVID-19, and Evolution

Michael J. Behe
June 13, 2020
Intelligent Design

In this online Zoom webinar, Dr. Behe reviews the biochemistry of viruses in general and COVID-19 in particular. He uses these topical examples to illustrate a fundamental principle: Darwinian and other unintelligent evolutionary mechanisms can change life marginally, in ways that are medically important, yet they cannot explain life’s complex structure. Rather, the elegant molecular structures of life required purposeful Read More ›

The concept of planet Earth similar to the COVID-19 virus
The concept of planet Earth, with nuclear explosions depicting a global epidemic of coronovorus, reminiscent of the image of the virus COVID-19. Elements of this image furnished by NASA
The concept of planet Earth, with nuclear explosions depicting a global epidemic of coronovorus, reminiscent of the image of the virus COVID-19. Elements of this image furnished by NASA
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Jonathan Bartlett
June 7, 2020
Artificial Intelligence

Twenty Years On, Aliens Still Cause Global Warming

Jonathan Bartlett
June 7, 2020
Artificial Intelligence
In 2003, author and filmmaker Michael Crichton made a now-famous speech at Caltech, titled "Aliens Cause Global Warming." The title was humorous but the content was serious. He was not addressing some strange theory of global warming; he was warning about the politicization of science. Read More ›
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Street art - graffiti with facial mask on the wall during the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Warsaw, Poland
Photo by Adam Nieścioruk on Unsplash
Wesley J. Smith
May 30, 2020
Human Exceptionalism

Mask Hysteria

Wesley J. Smith
May 30, 2020
Human Exceptionalism
A few days ago, people in a Staten Island grocery store collectively shrieked in panicked terror because a fellow shopper was not wearing a surgical mask. Hysteria quickly ensued, with masked shoppers forming a threatening mob, as some howled, “GET OUT! GET OUT!” and driving the non-masked deviant away from the store. Watching the video on Twitter (of course!) was like seeing people in the Old Testament shrieking “Unclean! Unclean!” at an approaching leper. Read More ›