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Evolution and Society since Darwin: Teaching History and Drawing Lessons from the Past

Oct 28, 2025 | Ableism, Biology, Charles Darwin, Creationism, Descriptive Analysis, Diversity and Inclusion in STEM, Eugenics, Evelleen Richards, Evolution, Gender Roles, History, History of Science, Intelligent Design, John Stuart Mill, Kristin Johnson, Normative Analysis, Political Polarization, Pseudoscience, Racism, Religion and Science, Science Education, Scopes Trial, Sex Differences, Sexism, Social Justice, The Descent of Man | 3 comments

by Kristin Johnson Kristin Johnson is a professor in the Science, Technology, Health and Society Program at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. Her recent books include The Species Maker (an historical novel set in the era of the Scopes Trial),...

Roosevelt the Good Neighbor vs. Trump the Nihilist 

Oct 21, 2025 | Donald Trump, Franklin Roosevelt, Geneva Convention, Good Neighbor Policies, Good Samaritan, Government Shutdown, Great Depression, Immigration, Individualism, Japanese Internment, MAGA Evangelicals, Mary Stuckey, Neighborliness, New Deal, Nihilism, Pete Hegseth, Pragmatism, Reaganism, Robert Ivie, Robert McElvaine, Rodney Kennedy, Scarcity, Toxic Masculinity | 0 comments

by Rodney Kennedy Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. He pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH) – which is an American Baptist Church – for 13 years, after which he...

The Politicization of Science: A Crisis of Trust and Truth

Oct 7, 2025 | Climate Change, Cornwall Alliance, COVID Denial, Denial, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Evangelicals, Evolution, Fossil Fuels, Fundamentalism, Misinformation, Political Rhetoric, Politicization of Science, Project 2025, Pseudoscience, Religion and Science, Rochelle Walensky, Science, Scientific Literacy, Social Media, Terry Defoe | 2 comments

by Terry F. Defoe Terry Defoe was educated at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia (BA, Sociology, 1978), Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (M.Div., 1982), and the Open Learning University, Burnaby, British Columbia (BA, Psychology,...