Category Personal

Intelligent Design, Personal

The Passing of Jon Buell

I learned with sadness yesterday that my good friend and colleague Jon Buell passed away on Saturday (3/14/20). I had been Jon’s academic editor for The Foundation for Thought and Ethics (FTE), a Dallas publisher of books aimed at un-indoctrinating…

Bill Dembski
March 18, 2020

Personal

Phillip E. Johnson (1940-2019), Some Reflections

My friend and colleague Phil Johnson died this past Saturday, November 2, 2019. It was with sadness that I learned the news. I’d like in this post to reflect on his life and work, as well as to relate some…

Bill Dembski
November 6, 2019

Culture, Personal, Society

Hugh Hefner, Making Sense of His Life

Hugh Hefner died a year ago on September 27, 2017. For several years now, I imagined I would comment on Hefner’s life once he died. But then my Dad died that October of 2017, and it didn’t seem fitting to…

Bill Dembski
September 27, 2018

Personal

Official Retirement from Intelligent Design

Two weeks ago, Sean McDowell interviewed me about the current state of intelligent design as an intellectual project and cultural movement. He and I had written a popular-audience book on ID about a decade ago. As someone no longer active…

Bill Dembski
September 23, 2016