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Center on Human Exceptionalism

The mission of Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism is to affirm and uphold the intrinsic nature of human dignity, liberty, and equality. In resistance to a growing movement against unique human personhood, we aim to revitalize a commitment to the traditional Western view of human rights and human responsibilities — summed up by the term “human exceptionalism.” Read more

Humanize

Fauci’s Claim to ‘Represent Science’ is Anti-Science

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December 1, 2021}

Just when you thought Dr. Anthony Fauci couldn’t do any more harm in the fight against COVID: He just appeared on CBS’s Sunday interview program Face the Nation and ridiculously claimed that criticizing him presents “a distinct anti-science flavor because I represent science.”

Francis Collins Wants Purveyors of ‘False Information’ about COVID ‘Brought to Justice’: Wesley J. Smith; November 19, 2021

Elephants Are Better ‘Persons’ Than People!: Wesley J. Smith; November 18, 2021

Portugal Parliament Approves Euthanasia of Disabled Patients: Wesley J. Smith; November 17, 2021

Environmentalists Oppose Lithium Mining in Nevada: Wesley J. Smith; November 15, 2021

Assisted-Suicide Mendacity: Today’s ‘Strict Protections’ Become Tomorrow’s Unjust ‘Barriers’: Wesley J. Smith; November 13, 2021

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Podcast

Rebecca Friedrichs on exposing the sexualizing of children in schools and ‘For Kids and Country’

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Tom Shakely
December 6, 2021}

In a previous program with Donna Rice Hughes, Wesley discussed how children are victimized by commercial sources of pornography and obscene Internet content. It was an important conversation, and if you missed it, you can listen to it here: Donna Rice Hughes of ‘Enough Is Enough’ on Porn, Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), and Healing Our Culture | Humanize Unfortunately, Read More ›

Joni Eareckson Tada on embracing life, disability rights, and choosing solidarity and hope

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Tom Shakely
November 29, 2021}

In this edition of Humanize, Wesley hosts one of the people he most admires in the public sphere. Joni Eareckson Tada is an artist, an international humanitarian, a disability rights activist, a Christian evangelist, and a defender of the sanctity and equality of human life — not just in the comfort of the United States but around the world, including Read More ›

Dr. Stephen C. Meyer on the ‘God Hypothesis’ and the materialists’ increasingly fringe rationales for life and the universe

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Wesley J. Smith
November 22, 2021}

In this episode of the Humanize podcast, Wesley interviews Stephen C. Meyer, Director of the Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture, about his new book The Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries that Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe.