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Expelled: A New Documentary by Ben Stein

Ben Stein Expelled

The fact that someone - anyone - is willing to take on big science and secular fundamentalists like Richard Dawkins is terrific, but the last person I would have pictured in this role is Ben Stein.

Stein, however, and in spite of his most recent gig as the host of VH1’s thankfully dormant America’s Most Smartest Model, may just be the man for the job!

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed is a Michael Moore-ish kind of documentary that investigates, exposes, and challenges the assumptions, presumptions, presuppositions, biases, and academic/intellectual prejudices of the so-called “big science” and its blind fascination and devotion to the Neo-Darwinian materialism that is funneled into classrooms all over the country in suppressing fashion. Read More »

Forensic Age Progression

You can see what you’ll look like old, for $99.00!

Swallowtail Caterpillars By Intelligent Design

Young Swallowtail Caterpillars, in a display of incredibly intelligent design and adaptation, disguise themselves as bird droppings and copies of green leafs. The early bird will have to wake much, much earlier to catch a Swallowtail Caterpillar!

Science Experiment for Kids: Surface Tension

My son and I are continuing our shared quest for scientific enlightenment. I admit it is his sudden and insatiable appetite for scientific knowledge is the catalyst driving this new relational venture. It’s fantastic! I am shocked at the joy offered me by participating in the most basic of scientific experiments for kids. Our latest science adventure was focused upon “Surface Science” or “Surface Tension”. Read More »

Diggin’ Up Dinosaurs

Watching children learn is beyond incredible. It is simply amazing. The seemingly unimpressive and little but changing expressions on innocent faces reveal some deeply cerebral ideas and internal concepts being formed on the fly. Incredible, to say the least. A child naturally diving into the stream of human curiosity to instinctively drink and satisfy the thirst perpetuated by our very human quest for knowledge is one of the most positive aspects of our nature. Read More »