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Intelligent Design and the Philosophy of Make-Believe

The ongoing controversy over the teaching of creationism in public schools is portrayed by some as a battle between superstitious…

Objectivism in the Culture: A Man of Science Crusades Against Intelligent Design

Last December, a Pennsylvania Federal District court ruled that the Dover School District cannot teach "intelligent design"--the theory that the…

Chronicles of Narnia: Christian Sheep in Lion’s Clothing

The buzz about Christian propaganda couched in Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe seems to have…

The Case for Girly Beauty

I must confess, I love to go shopping. Although my meager grad student stipend doesn't generally afford outlandish spending sprees,…

Kudos to the Daily Illini

On February 9th, the Daily Illini at the University of Illinois published the controversial cartoons of Mohammed that have exploded…

Harry Potter and the Half-Stumped Critics

By now few of our readers have eluded the fairy dust that has settled all over the world since Harry…

Freedom From People of Faith

They call themselves "people of faith," and they are waging war against a basic principle of American government: the separation…

9/11: How Our Teachers Help Us Forget

We have forgotten 9/11. Back then, four years ago, we all swore to "never forget" the terrorist attacks of September…

The Collectivist Club: Campus Clubs and the Need to Belong

Thousands of college freshmen across America wandered the tables of campus club fairs this fall. Many, staring at the sea…

The Anti-Science Convergence

The anti-science right is on the march. Whether they're opposing embryonic stem cell research, evolution, the effectiveness of condoms, therapeutic…