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I once talked with a colleague at a black hole conference whose brother challenged her on Darwinian evolution. In her argument with him, she was startled to realize she couldn't explain why she believed it – she just did. Another colleague, astrophysicist Martin Gaskell, was the top candidate for an observatory director job. Internal emails later showed he was passed over because of his scientific skepticism toward Darwinism – his doubt wasn't faith-driven, just evidence-based. He lost a job in *astronomy* because of scientific skepticism of Darwinian evolution. As a grad student (before I was Christian), I asked a biology peer why his research – which challenged a core tenet of Darwinism – wasn't better known. Why wasn't it in the mainstream science news? I will never forget his reply: "Because it would hand a victory to the Christians." These stories highlight what Stephen Meyer observes: for many, Darwinian evolution has become a de facto religious creed. It's more about affirming worldview fidelity than dispassionate science. When questioning a theory is treated as heresy, it's dogma, not the "question everything" spirit of genuine scientific inquiry. Note: This is not an invitation to squabble with me about Darwinism. I'm still studying the evidence and haven't settled on a firm view. But Meyer is right: treating it as unquestionable turns science into a secular religion.

Journalist Laura Loomer has lost her defamation lawsuit against HBO’s Bill Maher for a joke about her having sexual relations with President Donald Trump.

It's worth recapping just how many state laws Virginia Democrats violated in order to actually do this referendum. They kept a special session open for two years, pushed it through with early voting already underway in last year's governor's race, and failed to publish it three months before an election. They wrote an extremely misleading ballot question, also in violation of the law, that claimed creating a 10D-1R map was a "temporary measure" to "restore fairness," in order to influence a particular result. And yet, a referendum passing by less than 5 points will allow them to create a 10D-1R map in a state that voted for Kamala by 6 points. If only Republicans would use the power they gain to ruthlessly govern instead of lecturing us about 'norms and procedures.'

>“Let me AXE you a question” is Anglo-Saxon in origin.