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Child with measles symptoms

Steep Turn: RFK Jr. Endorses Measles Vaccine

He notes that measles was already in full retreat by 1960 — before the vaccine’s introduction — thanks to improvements in sanitation and nutrition

He also promoted Vitamin A and oft-neglected strategies like a balanced diet for reducing measles mortality. Is he making science matter again?

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152874 3d illustration of molecule model. Science background wit

John West’s New Book Stockholm Syndrome Looks at Francis Collins

It’s not possible to reconcile Collins’s treatment of unborn children with a Christian view of them

The genome mapper is widely cited as a famous Christian in science but West asks us to look a little deeper — into his actual policies.

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Mature doctor giving a speech on a stage at a conference in front of an audience

Claim: Only Doctors Can Prevent Global Warming

Becoming as political as one medical journal wants would corrode the medical sector’s “unique credibility.”

Few people who are not already fixated on global warming will care what doctors may think about it; most would rather their doctors stick to medicine.

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A Native American medicine wheel made of stones, with symbolic objects placed inside the circle

“Indigenous Wisdom” Would Make Environment Science Less Scientific

Indigenous people were and are keen observers of nature but modern environment policy needs to be deeply rooted in science as well as culture

much of the advocacy is about imposing ideology on what should be scientific practices

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Doctor vaccinating a senior woman

Anthony Fauci and Trust in Public Health: An Inside View

Ex-CDC director Robert Redfield explores the issue of trust in public health — and its loss — with Wesley J. Smith

FDA doesn’t want to release the safety data on the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines until 2026, Redfield says, because it may make people vaccine-reluctant.

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Diverse group of children playing on swings at a colorful playground on a sunny day

Gender-Dysphoric Children Protected from “Gender-Affirming Care”

The American medical establishment is increasingly the fringe advocate on this issue

Associated Press, covering for the transgender lobby, is all yesterday’s news, akin to a million-year-old mosquito stuck in amber.

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Young Asia lady nurse giving Covid-19 or flu antivirus vaccine shot to senior male patient wear face mask protection from virus disease at health clinic or hospital office. Vaccination concept.

Former CDC Director Discusses the Covid Years: What Worked, Didn’t

Robert Redfield’s surprising interview with Wesley Smith shows that there was significant opposition within the agency to the vaccine mandates

He talks about how Americans were sometimes misinformed on critical issues like whether the vaccines prevent Covid.

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young african scientist looking through a microscope in the laboratory about the vaccine she is working on.

Trump Withdraws from the World Health Organization

In recent years, the organization has been using its clout to impose woke cultural agendas on the world.

This article is reprinted from National Review with the permission of the author. President Trump has withdrawn the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO) because of its Covid failings, allegations of being soft on China, and the disproportionate share of funding borne by the United States. There is even more wrong in how WHO leaders have wielded their influence. In recent years, the organization has not just been about promoting public-health internationally, but also in using its clout to impose woke cultural agendas on the world — including areas that have traditional moral values — and in seeking to construct an international technocracy. Item: WHO sought to force a radical abortion regime on the world by allowing abortion through the Read More ›

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Human head and compass. The concept on the topic of navigation, psychology, morality, etc.

Progressive Columnist Almost Embraces Sanctity of Human Life

Some ethical codes are so important they need to be adopted by society to protect the general welfare and guard liberty

Nat Hentoff paid a steep price for his pro-life advocacy, losing his decades-long Village Voice column and suffering other career sanctions.

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Homme dans une église parlant à l'assemblée

Are Churches Becoming Victims of Stockholm Syndrome?

In a new book, John West looks at the problem of evangelical church leaders adopting the belief systems of their opponents, perhaps to stay safe

The challenge, he argues, is to maintain Christian values while challenging Christian leaders who compromise in order to stay safe and successful.

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Canadian maple leaf flag seen flying half mast on a flag pole in northern Canada during fall, autumn season with stunning snow capped mountains in background.

Trudeau Resigns: Canada’s Media Control Bills Are Stymied For Now

Is the Woke war on reality beginning to stall? In Canada, it is a war not only on math, science, and biology, but also history

Bill C-413, which might criminalize honest scrutiny of extraordinary claims re residential schools, is part of a larger war on the primacy of fact over feelings

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Man atheist throws all religions in the trash

Wokeness Poisons Atheism Too: The Tale of Jerry Coyne

When evolutionary biologist Coyne questioned Woke “gender” claims, the Freedom From Religion Foundation removed his article, citing the “distress” he caused

A Woke atheist group that values feelings over facts can certainly continue to bash religion. It just can’t pretend to any intellectual integrity while doing so

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Big ideas. Illuminated light bulb among the rest of the unlit bulbs.

Only in America

My discussion on this week’s podcast with Major General Bobby Hollingsworth (ret.) prompts a look at some of the many people that America has freed to be their best

Despite our different faiths, my Muslim colleague Mohamed El-Sharkawi was a steadfast ally and when his mosque was defaced post 9-11, Christians protected it.

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The Lab Leak Theory for COVID’s Origin Is Accepted. So What Now?

Here at Mind Matters News, we have long favored the lab leak theory — even back in 2021 when powerful legacy media like the New York Times were smearing it

In most public emergencies, authorities attempt to stem the panic. But with COVID, it so often seemed that the panic was coming from the top. Why was that?

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Humpback Whale Migration

Now the New Rights Cause Is Whale Rights

A big international law firm is promoting the whale rights project pro bono

This article is reprinted from National Review with the permission of the author. The “nature rights” project — and its ancillaries — keeps advancing, mostly ignored by those who could stop it in its tracks with legislation declaring that only humans and our associations and juridical entities have legal standing in courts or enforceable rights. Now, a “whale rights” project has commenced, pushed pro bono by a big international law firm, Simmons and Simmons. From the Legal Cheek story: These frameworks centre on the concept of a “legal person” — an entity acknowledged as having “standing” within the judicial system. Traditionally, this status has been reserved for humans, community organisations, and corporations. Granting this designation to whales represents a groundbreaking shift, acknowledging the value Read More ›

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ATM machine in a dimly lit area with ambient lights and signage.

Debanking May Be More Common Than We Realize

Sometimes the motive seems political — unrelated to concerns about creditworthiness or suspicion about illegal activities

Last March, it came out that the US Treasury Department had sent a list of “hate groups” to major US banks; more recently, a number of crypto firms were hit.

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Medical and puberty blockers symbol. Words 'puberty blockers' on white card. Doctor hand in blue glove. Beautiful white background. Copy space. Medical and puberty blockers concept.

New Zealand Study: ‘Dearth’ of Evidence for Puberty Blockers

Studies claiming that puberty blockers helped ease depression were found to be of very poor quality

Shame on the states that passed laws allowing courts to deny custody to parents who won’t allow their children to be subjected to this medical experimentation.

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Colonisation of Mars. Mars base colony in open space. Digitally generated AI image

Why Do Science and Tech Writers Hate Elon Musk?

It's partly because he encourages bottom-up media but also he encourages a sort of vision that is now largely lost

Musk’s philosophy of the future: I believe it should be curiosity about the Universe – expand humanity to become a multiplanet, then interstellar, species.

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Tide going out on beach in Mexico at sunset with mountains behind

Woke SciAm Editor Resigns in Post-US Election Uproar

Michael Shermer, founding publisher of Skeptic Magazine and former Scientific American columnist, offers a thoughtful response

Shermer writes, “the people promulgating these woke ideas are mostly true believers” and their fervor makes it easier to convince themselves, not others.

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Poppy field at sunset

West Virginia: Constitutional Amendment Bans Assisted Suicide

I just wish my mentor on this issue, Rita Marker, had lived to see it

Also, the great anti-assisted-suicide and disability-rights campaigner Diane Coleman — who founded Not Dead Yet — who recently passed away.

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