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Wesley J. Smith
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January 13, 2021
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Big Tech Now the ‘Fourth Branch of Government?’

Wesley J. Smith
January 13, 2021
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Axios’s Felix Salmon has called Big Tech “the fourth branch of government” because of its recent concerted and successful shutdown of President Trump’s ability to communicate on social media. He seems pleased. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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January 10, 2021
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Parler is Silenced

Wesley J. Smith
January 10, 2021
Human Exceptionalism
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The social media company Parler—which is a French word meaning “to speak”—was mugged and left for dead by Big Tech last week in what appears to be the start of a cultural offensive aimed at stifling conservative advocacy in our country’s public discourse. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
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September 16, 2020
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Using Bonobos to Bash Human Exceptionalism

Wesley J. Smith
September 16, 2020
Human Exceptionalism
The other day I heard an interview on NPR’s “All Things Considered” about bonobos and their capacity for “culture.” A couple of reporters were talking about a journal article for eLife, “Social Learning: Does culture shape hunting behavior in bonobos?” Read More ›
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Close-up shot of microscope with metal lens at laboratory.
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Wesley J. Smith
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July 13, 2020
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The Ideological Corruption of Science

Wesley J. Smith
July 13, 2020
Human Exceptionalism
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Why don’t many people “trust the science” anymore? Perhaps because science, as an institution, has fallen prey to the same ideological infection that has invaded and corrupted many other institutions. But it is too rarely discussed, which is why a Sunday Wall Street Journal column by theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss is so important. Read More ›
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African American man in a hospital bed.
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Wesley J. Smith
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July 6, 2020
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The Deadly “Quality of Life” Ethic

Wesley J. Smith
July 6, 2020
Euthanasia, Human Exceptionalism
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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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Tom Shakely
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July 4, 2020
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Independence Day and Renewed Vigor

Tom Shakely
July 4, 2020
Human Exceptionalism
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Happy Independence Day! As America marks July 4th, it’s worth taking a few moments to pause in gratitude for the Declaration of Independence and its lasting importance for what America’s framers recognized about the human person, the source of human dignity, and the nature of human rights. Clarke Forsythe, Senior Counsel at Americans United for Life (and a colleague and friend) writes in National Review today on why the Declaration still matters for all Americans: Amid our national dialogue over race and justice, my family’s reading of the Declaration of Independence will be even more meaningful than usual this Fourth of July. At the core of the Declaration — the founding political document of America — is the principle that the Read More ›

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