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Essential Readings

_{The Center for Science and Culture
September 5, 2014}

10 Essential Books (Science) The Design InferenceWilliam A. Dembski and Winston EwertNovember 16, 2023Intelligent DesignA landmark of the intelligent design movement, The Design Inference revolutionized our understanding of how we detect intelligent causation. Originally published twenty-five … » Go

Did ‘Social Business’ Sink the Cardboard Bike?

_{Jonathan Witt
June 9, 2014}

A sturdy bicycle built of recycled cardboard and sold to the world’s poor for $20 apiece? This story broke in 2012, complete with a YouTube video of inventor Izhar Gafni toodling around his Israeli settlement town on a beautiful white prototype, the cardboard rendered surprisingly strong through … » Go

The Behind The Scenes Cronyism That Helped Plant The Seeds Of The Financial Crisis

_{Jay W. Richards
September 13, 2013}

It’s the fifth anniversary of the financial crisis that sent panic through the markets and inspired historic federal interventions into the economy. Frequent readers of these pages understand government’s role in planting the seeds of the crisis. In 2008, about two-thirds of the risky home … » Go

Infiltrated: How to Stop the Insiders and Activists Who Are Exploiting the Financial Crisis to Control Our Lives and Our Fortunes

_{Jay W. Richards
August 6, 2013}

America: be warned. A new wave of financial reformers has infiltrated our public institutions at both the state and national levels. A growing army of self-proclaimed activists, philanthropists, and politicians has infiltrated not only the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but the FDIC, the … » Go

The 8 Biggest Myths About Wealth, Poverty, and Free Enterprise

_{Jay W. Richards
July 24, 2012}

In the twentieth century battle between communism and capitalism, capitalism won. Except for preachers of the misguided “prosperity gospel,” however, many of us still worry about capitalism. Some of the problems result from the word itself, which can conjure up images of greedy and cackling … » Go

Tulsa Beacon Represents Traditional Oklahoma Values

_{Dexter Duggan
May 24, 2012}

This article, published by the Tulsa Beacon, quotes the book Indivisible co-written by Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Jay W. Richards: Those voters believe in “Restoring Faith, Family and Freedom Before It’s Too Late,” to quote the subtitle of the recently published book Indivisible, … » Go

Should Libertarians Be Conservatives?: The Tough Cases of Abortion and Marriage

_{Jay W. Richards
April 25, 2012}

The libertarian commitment to free markets and limited government is best preserved within a broader conservative context.The libertarian commitment to free markets and limited government is best preserved within a broader conservative context.

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Free Enterprise and Fiscal Sanity Aren’t Social Darwinism

_{Jay W. Richards
April 5, 2012}

On Tuesday, President Obama denounced Representative Paul Ryan’s budget proposal, which would modestly reduce the rate of growth in the federal budget. Ryan’s plan is a “radical vision,” says the president, which amounts to “thinly veiled Social Darwinism.” Understandably, Ryan has … » Go

Income Mobility, Not Income Gaps

_{Jay W. Richards and Anne Bradley
April 1, 2012}

Editor’s Note: This column was co-written by Anne Bradley, PhD, who serves as Vice President of Economic Initiatives at the Institute for Faith, Work and Economics. All-American rocker Bruce Springsteen has taken to the pages of Rolling Stone magazine to lament the … » Go

Goldman Sachs, Greed and Self-Interest

_{Jay W. Richards and Anne Bradley
March 16, 2012}

On Wednesday, Greg Smith, an executive director at Goldman Sachs, announced his resignation in the pages of the New York Times. His reasoning: The company’s employees and culture have morphed into a gross entity that sidelines the interests of the client in favor of making a quick buck. … » Go

Accepting the Obvious

_{Jay W. Richards and James Robison
February 28, 2012}

Faith in the public square seems to worry some Americans. They see the Ten Commandments posted in a courtroom or voluntary prayer at a public event and think they see evidence of a creeping theocracy. Until a couple of centuries ago, of course, religious persecution was a serious problem in the … » Go

Currency of the Founders

_{Jay W. Richards and James Robison
February 17, 2012}

Reflecting on the 44 presidents who have served these United States and the Founding Fathers who had the vision to create our country, questions arise: Is America what the Founders envisioned it to be? If they were here now, what would the Founders do? What would they think? One thing seems … » Go

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