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Keri D. Ingraham
March 17, 2026
Education
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Parents—Not Schools—Must Be in Charge of Their Children

Keri D. Ingraham
March 17, 2026
Education
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Earlier in March, the U.S. Supreme Court had to step in and reaffirm the basic reality that parents, not schools, must be the primary decision-makers for their children. In the Mirabelli v. Bonta ruling, the Court determined that the California law, which barred schools from telling parents about their child’s claimed gender identity, violated parents’ constitutional rights—both their First Amendment free exercise rights and their Fourteenth Amendment rights to make decisions about their children’s upbringing. Read More ›
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High cost of school supplies
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Keri D. Ingraham
March 13, 2026
Education
4

A School Choice Breakthrough That Costs Taxpayers Nothing

Keri D. Ingraham
March 13, 2026
Education
4
What if you could help a child receive a better education at no cost to yourself? Beginning in 2027, Americans will be able to do exactly that. Under the Education Freedom Tax Credit, taxpayers can contribute up to $1,700 annually to approved scholarship-granting organizations and, in return, receive a dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit. Read More ›
The Center for Science and Culture
March 12, 2026
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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Darwin vs. Design — An Afternoon with Michael Behe

The Center for Science and Culture
March 12, 2026
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Darwin’s Black Box, join biochemist and CSC Senior Fellow Michael Behe as he offers a retrospective and recounts the main points of his seminal book on Saturday, April 18, at the “Darwin vs. Design” seminar hosted by Living Stone Fellowship and Share the Power. A message from the organizers: Throughout history, most people, including Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith
March 10, 2026
Human Exceptionalism
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Euthanasia of the Mentally Ill Increasing in the Netherlands

Wesley J. Smith
March 10, 2026
Human Exceptionalism
4
As the West lunges toward propagating a right to be made dead, the deleterious societal impacts of being legally “MAIDed” (killed by “medical assistance in dying”) are becoming increasingly clear. A recent professional analysis published in the Psychiatric Times illustrates the lethal influence on mentally ill suicidal people — including youth — in the Netherlands. Read More ›
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Jonathan Choe and Kevin Dahlgren
March 10, 2026
Homelessness
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The Tragic Tale of the Las Vegas “Mole People”

Jonathan Choe and Kevin Dahlgren
March 10, 2026
Homelessness
1

Jonathan Choe and Kevin Dahlgren explore the underground tunnels of Las Vegas, where the homeless have set up camp despite the very real danger of flash floods. There, they find despair and peril experienced by the tunnel residents and the hypocrisy of a city that would rather ignore the unseen plight of its underground residents.