David Klinghoffer

_{Senior Fellow and Editor, Evolution News}

David Klinghoffer is a Senior Fellow of Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture. He is the author of six books including The Lord Will Gather Me In: My Journey to Jewish Orthodoxy and, with Senator Joseph Lieberman, The Gift of Rest. A former senior editor at National Review, he has contributed to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other publications. He received an A.B. magna cum laude from Brown University in 1987. Born in Santa Monica, CA, he lives on Mercer Island, WA.

Archives

Meyer: Cambridge University’s Role in Advancing the Scientific God Hypothesis

_{David Klinghoffer
December 17, 2024}

Stephen Meyer was in Cambridge, England, and he gave an unusual “on the spot” presentation about Cambridge University itself.

Denying Darwin: Berlinski and Meyer in Cambridge

_{David Klinghoffer
December 10, 2024}

These kinds of conversations between Steve Meyer and David Berlinski are usually confined to late night chats when the time zones in Seattle and Paris permit.

On Giving Tuesday, Feelings Are Not Enough

_{David Klinghoffer
December 3, 2024}

Here was a believer, a very thoughtful one, who knew nothing about whether the God hypothesis can be defended on objective grounds.

Happy Thanksgiving! Here Are Michael Denton’s Top 3 Reasons for Optimism About ID

_{David Klinghoffer
November 28, 2024}

One reason, Dr. Denton says, is the “relentless” growth of the ID movement, in academia and around the world.

Francis Collins’s “Road to Folly”

_{David Klinghoffer
November 18, 2024}

How does someone as inept as Francis Collins (and I’m being charitable) have the gall to tell anyone else how to become wise?

Atheist Richard Dawkins: Intelligent Design Is a “Scientific Hypothesis,” Though Mistaken

_{David Klinghoffer
November 11, 2024}

This is a remarkable response, granting the premise of arguments for intelligent design like those of Stephen Meyer.

Watch: Steve Meyer and Joe Rogan, Full Podcast Episode Now on YouTube

_{David Klinghoffer
October 29, 2024}

Whatever your political leanings, I think you’ll get a kick out of seeing philosopher of science Stephen Meyer in the same seat where Donald Trump sat recently.

An Artist Talks with Dembski about Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
October 28, 2024}

Karen Wong began thinking about the “specified qualities that show up in art” and how “those qualities also show up everywhere else in the universe.”

Europa Clipper Delayed by Hurricane Milton, Frustrating Atheists

_{David Klinghoffer
October 10, 2024}

However desperate the hope for alien biology, how much of your money will they NOT spend to try to find it?

Evolutionary Icons and an Iconic Cover

_{David Klinghoffer
October 2, 2024}

Thank you to Jody Sjogren for the kind permission to share her work here with our readers.

Medicine’s “Sacred Space” — Grossly Violated

_{David Klinghoffer
September 26, 2024}

When my dad was dying, I saw both sides of the healthcare world, one that fought to save a life and the other that was coldly indifferent, even eager to end it.

Farewell to Jonathan Wells, Iconoclastic Scientist

_{David Klinghoffer
September 24, 2024}

His work resulted in forcing textbook publishers to correct their own work, a task they and their media enablers bitterly resented.

From Puzzles to Prison: Jonathan Wells in His Own Words

_{David Klinghoffer
September 24, 2024}

We are receiving many emails expressing appreciation of him as a man, a thinker, a scientific investigator, a writer, a mentor, and a friend.

The Technocratic Authoritarians Still Want Their “Pandemic Treaty”

_{David Klinghoffer
September 19, 2024}

Wouldn’t it all have gone a lot better if, instead of our fellow Americans doing it to us, we’d handed over national sovereignty to an international body?

Weaponizing Science: Accused Trump Gunman Cited “Natural Selection”

_{David Klinghoffer
September 17, 2024}

The ethos that would most logically come from recognizing the design in life, every life, is the very opposite of what you'd expect from Darwinism.

Weaponizing Science, Journals Indulge in Political Partisanship

_{David Klinghoffer
September 17, 2024}

I would say the same thing if they abused the name of science to wrap a Republican, or a Democrat, in it.

Richards to Aliens: We’ll Show You Our Perfect Solar Eclipses if You’ll Show Us Yours

_{David Klinghoffer
September 12, 2024}

Jay Richard had a really fun and interesting conversation with Sean McDowell about the new updated edition of his book with Guillermo Gonzalez.

Atheist on the Ropes: Piers Morgan Confronts Richard Dawkins About ID and Stephen Meyer

_{David Klinghoffer
September 4, 2024}

There’s something wonderful about watching Dawkins being compelled to watch Stephen Meyer and then being obliged to respond.

Alfred Wallace and the Impact of Labor on Evolutionary Theory

_{David Klinghoffer
September 1, 2024}

The two founders of evolutionary theory, Wallace and Darwin, came from very different backgrounds.

Hey, Please Ask Dawkins About His “Junk DNA” Goof

_{David Klinghoffer
August 29, 2024}

Our friend Brian Keating, a cosmologist at UC San Diego, does wonderful interviews. A particularly fun recent one was with Richard Dawkins.