Author: Michael Flannery
#10 Story of 2020: Farewell to Gertrude Himmelfarb
It is comforting to know that Himmelfarb never lost her intellectual acuity or her moral passion on the subject.
Distancing Darwin from Racism Is a Fool’s Errand
“Scholars have wasted their time trying to exonerate Darwin of responsibility for Social Darwinism, for he was a Social Darwinist.”
What We Can Learn from Darwin
We hear a lot of talk these days about “following the science.” But science rarely speaks with one unified voice.
When Alfred Russel Wallace Spoke to Me
I had what Pasteur called “the prepared mind” to take in what Wallace had to tell me.
James Dwight Dana: Falsely Claimed Darwinist
When it comes to claims of the “nearly unanimous” acceptance of Darwinian evolution, mere assertion cannot stand as fact.