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New Report: How Extremists Infiltrated Homelessness Advocacy in America

Washington, D.C. — Today, the Capital Research Center (CRC) released a new report in cooperation with Discovery Institute exploring how extremist ideological movements are exploiting America's homelessness crisis, which can include hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people on any given night. Read More ›
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The World Series of religion and baseball

Intellectuals who paid attention when Molly Worthen became a Christian—see Olasky Books for August—should note as well the publication this month of Charles Murray’s Taking Religion Seriously (Encounter). In it the formerly agnostic scholar gives reasons, including “the brute facts of the big bang,” for his new belief in God. Much of the book details Murray’s exploration of Christian claims. Read More ›

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Report To Reveal Infiltration of Homelessness Movement

Last spring we went to the Capital Research Center (CRC) in Washington, D.C., where a fine report had just been issued on the links between radical Islamists and campus demonstrations on Gaza. We explained what we were seeing and asked the CRC head, Scott Walker, if his group could chart the way that the homelessness services programs were being reshaped as a united base for far-left advocacy on a whole range of issues. Read More ›
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The Indian American Community Deserves Immigration Fairness

The Trump administration's abrupt move to impose a $100,000 fee on new H-1B skilled worker visa applications has sent shockwaves through America's technology sector and the vast Indian immigrant community that powers it. Announced on Friday, September 19, and set to take effect the following Sunday, the directive sparked panic and confusion for workers, businesses, and families — culminating in a frenzied rush to return to the United States before the new rule's midnight deadline. Read More ›
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Dealing with Some Further Objections

The video Proof of God in 3 Minutes states that “there really is no serious scientific argument against” (2:27) the conclusion that a violation of the conservation of energy at the beginning of the universe requires a “supernatural starting cause” (1:19). Note the important qualification “serious.” Of course, the video is not claiming that there are no arguments whatever against its position. It’s claiming that the arguments that do exist aren’t readily persuasive. The video deals with a few of the central objections, and the main article that accompanies the video deals with more. Here we dig even deeper into other issues related to the argument. Read More ›