Bill Donohue critiques a front-page article by New York Times reporter William J. Broad that portrays President Trump as “anti-science,” particularly due to his firings within the CDC. Donohue argues that similar actions by the Biden administration went uncriticized by the Times, indicating political bias.
He disputes the narrative that the Catholic Church has a history of “engaging in a war on science,” challenging the depiction of historical figures like Galileo and Giordano Bruno. He contends that the contributions of Christianity, particularly the Catholic Church, played a crucial role in the Scientific Revolution, citing social scientist Charles Murray’s research that attributes nearly all scientific breakthroughs to European and North American origins, heavily influenced by Christianity.
Donohue claims that Galileo was not tortured or imprisoned and that his conflicts with the Church were based on his presentation of hypotheses as facts, rather than his ideas themselves. He argues that Bruno was punished for heretical beliefs rather than his Copernican views.
He concludes that the Times itself perpetuates a form of “anti-science” by promoting beliefs about gender that he considers incompatible with biological science, suggesting a broader inconsistency in their portrayal of science issues.
