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A construction worker sits on a beam overlooking NYC. This photo is ideal for illustrating concepts of urban development, construction, and risk.
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Scott S. Powell
September 3, 2025
Economics
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Labor Day is Really All About American Exceptionalism

Scott S. Powell
September 3, 2025
Economics
6
Other than punctuating the end of summer, Labor Day has for many lacked meaning associated with other holidays. Properly understood, it is the holiday that celebrates not only labor, but the job creators and entrepreneurs central to the flourishing of the United States and its people. Read More ›
The Center for Science and Culture
September 2, 2025
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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Dr. Michael Egnor to Present at the Kitsap Prayer Breakfast on the Immortal Mind

The Center for Science and Culture
September 2, 2025
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
2

Dr. Michael Egnor, CSC Senior Fellow and Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics at Stony Brook University, will speak at the 39th Annual Kitsap County Prayer Breakfast on his new book, The Immortal Mind: A Neurosurgeon’s Case for the Existence of the Soul, coauthored by Denise O’Leary and published by Worthy in June 2025. In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Michael Egnor, Read More ›

The Center for Science and Culture
September 2, 2025
Intelligent Design
1

Robert J. Marks to Speak on Artificial Intelligence at University of Texas at Dallas

The Center for Science and Culture
September 2, 2025
Intelligent Design
1

Robert J. Marks, Senior Fellow and Director of the Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, will be speaking at the University of Texas at Dallas on “Non-Computable You: What You Do That AI Never Will.” This talk will draw from the arguments made in his book, Non-Computable You, which explores the limits of artificial intelligence and why certain Read More ›

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The Center for Science and Culture
September 1, 2025
Intelligent Design
1

Engineered for Oxygen

The Center for Science and Culture
September 1, 2025
Intelligent Design
1
Without enough oxygen, your body will die. In Episode 1 of Secrets of the Human Body, learn about the astonishing engineering of the body that allows it to harness oxygen’s power and keep us alive. Read More ›
Confederate Memorial Removal
Work continues on the removal of the Confederate Memorial in Section 16 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Dec. 20, 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)
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Scott S. Powell
August 28, 2025
Uncategorized
6

Restoring Arlington Cemetery’s Reconciliation Monument is Pivotal for American Greatness

Scott S. Powell
August 28, 2025
Uncategorized
6
The attack on normalcy, traditions, and history in America intensified in 2020 with Covid-19 lockdowns and the riots catalyzed by the death of George Floyd. When destruction then turned under the Congressional Naming Commission to the icons associated with the Confederacy of the Civil War period, the Reconciliation Monument in Arlington Cemetery came into the crosshairs. It was removed from Arlington on Dec. 16, 2023, despite longstanding traditions and laws against desecrating gravesites. Read More ›
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Wooden Hawaiian historical indigenous statues
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Walter Myers III
August 26, 2025
Uncategorized
5

“Chief of War” Challenges the Myth of “Peaceful Natives” Before Colonization

Walter Myers III
August 26, 2025
Uncategorized
5
When Warrior Chief Ka'iana discovers he's been manipulated into massacring the peaceful villagers of the island of O'ahu, Apple TV+'s "Chief of War" reveals a disturbing truth about power that transcends any single culture or era. This historical drama, starring Jason Momoa, follows the former Kaua'i chief who made his home on Maui in self-exile, disgusted by the violent nature of Kauai's King Kahekili. Read More ›
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silhouette of woman sitting on the bed beside the windows with sunlight in the morning
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Wesley J. Smith
August 25, 2025
Human Exceptionalism
3

Study: Mental Illness More Likely After Abortion Than After Childbirth

Wesley J. Smith
August 25, 2025
Human Exceptionalism
3
A large scientific study has concluded that women who have had an “induced abortion” were more likely to experience mental conditions than were women who have given birth. The study, published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, followed 28,721 women who induced abortions and 1,228,807 who gave birth in hospitals in Quebec, Canada, between 2006 and 2022. Read More ›