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April 23, 2025
Energy

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A New Documentary Exposes the Staggering Costs of Net Zero Energy Policies

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April 23, 2025
Energy

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A new documentary released today from Ken Peterson and Hat Rock Capital LLC called "What Does It Cost?" explores the devastating consequences of efforts to eliminate fossil fuels in the Pacific Northwest within the next two decades. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
April 21, 2025
Education

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Texas Passes Universal School Choice

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April 21, 2025
Education

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Very early Thursday morning, by a vote of 85-63, the Texas House passed Senate Bill 2, bringing universal school choice to the Lone Star State. With Governor Greg Abbott’s signature, Texas will become the 16th state in our nation to enact universal school choice into law — making more than 50% of children in America eligible for school choice! That number was less than 1% just four years ago. Read More ›

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^{Scott S. Powell
April 21, 2025
Economics

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How Easter Transformed the World Like Nothing Else Ever Could

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April 21, 2025
Economics

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^{Marvin Olasky
April 18, 2025
Homelessness

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Good Friday Reminds Us to Suffer With the Homeless

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April 18, 2025
Homelessness

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Christians are supposed to get used to bad/good Fridays. Communist-turned-Christian Whittaker Chambers wrote, "a man can scarcely call himself a Christian for whom the crucifixion is not a daily suffering." The idea of "suffering with" homeless people and others in danger (the literal meaning of compassion) is central in Christianity because it was central in the life of Christ. Read More ›

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^{George Gilder and Gale Pooley
April 17, 2025
Economics

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We Should Measure Prices in Time

_{George Gilder and Gale Pooley
April 17, 2025
Economics

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How can the laws of enterprise and business consulting diverge so significantly from the accepted wisdom of economic analysis and political rhetoric? More baffling, how is it that products are becoming simultaneously more expensive and more affordable? This paradox is possible because while we buy things with money, we actually pay for them with our time—not in dollars and cents but in hours and minutes of work. Read More ›

^{Walter Myers III
April 15, 2025
Education

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“Systems of Power”: CA Ethnic Studies Program Continues to Radicalize Students

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April 15, 2025
Education

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The adoption of such ideology promotes a backward-looking worldview, which both lacks a constructive vision of the future and fails to recognize that significant social progress has been made over the past several decades. Instead of fostering hope and optimism, this framework is mired in grievances that suggest a cultural regression of a century ago. Read More ›

^{Gale Pooley
April 15, 2025
Economics

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AH (Artificial Horses) Made Farmers 62.5 Times More Productive

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April 15, 2025
Economics

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In 1800, the U.S. Census Bureau recorded a population of 5.3 million. Roughly half — about 2.65 million — were farmers. Today, the U.S. population is nearing 340 million, yet the number of farmers has risen only slightly to 2.72 million. Back then, one farmer fed just two people. Today, each farmer feeds 125. Read More ›

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^{Wesley J. Smith
April 15, 2025
Human Exceptionalism

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Wesley J. Smith’s Remarks at the Human Life Review’s 50th Anniversary Gala

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April 15, 2025
Human Exceptionalism

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The Human Life Review held their 50th Anniversary Gala on November 13, 2024. Wesley J. Smith was invited to give tribute to Nat Hentoff and Rita Marker. Following are his remarks. Read More ›

^{Marvin Olasky
April 12, 2025
Discovery Institute

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East of Eden and Easter

_{Marvin Olasky
April 12, 2025
Discovery Institute

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Eight days from now comes the most controversial day of the year. Easter bunnies and eggs (if you can afford the latter) mask the debate, but Gary Habermas jumps into it in On the Resurrection: Refutations (B&H Academic, 2024). Unlike other books that merely assert what the Gospels say, Habermas painstakingly undermines one by one the arguments that Jesus was Read More ›

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^{Marvin Olasky
April 11, 2025
Homelessness

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Warm-Hearted, Tough-Minded Compassion: An Interview with Bob Coté

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April 11, 2025
Homelessness

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Next month I’ll lay out my upcoming book on homelessness, but the book will only make sense if you understand the process of Step 13 and Springs Rescue Mission that I’ve laid out in this first quarter of the year — so here’s part of an interview I did with Bob Coté 16 years ago. Read More ›