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Israeli National flag waving on the top of Mount of Olive with background of residential houses in Jerusalem, Israel

^{George Gilder
October 11, 2023
Foreign Policy}

The New Israel Test

_{George Gilder
October 11, 2023
Foreign Policy}

Are you for civilization or barbarism, life or death, wealth or envy? Are you an exponent of excellence and accomplishment or of a leveling creed of troglodytic envy and hatred? That is the “Israel Test,” inescapable today. Read More ›

^{Debra J. Saunders
October 11, 2023
Foreign Policy}

Israel at War

_{Debra J. Saunders
October 11, 2023
Foreign Policy}

I've been to Israel four times. The first visit was a vacation in 2015. While many Americans experience Israel in a group during an extended tour, we traveled alone and booked day guides or specific tours. We started in Jerusalem, spent a day in Masada and the Dead Sea, spent the Sabbath in Tiberias and ended the trip in Tel Aviv. As Israel finds itself at war, I find myself thinking of that first trip to the Holy Land. Read More ›

^{Scott S. Powell
October 11, 2023
Citizen Leadership}

America at the Crossroads: A Free Republic or a Police State?

_{Scott S. Powell
October 11, 2023
Citizen Leadership}

It’s not easy for elites in the public and private sector in America—who live in luxury and are removed from majority of the people—to acknowledge their failures and wayward priorities. But that awareness can be driven by the people, who can more easily recognize that acknowledging failure and the need for God are the keys and cornerstone to spiritual revival, which will in turn open the way for America’s recovery and renewal. Read More ›

^{Andrew McDiarmid
October 8, 2023
Technology}

Need Help Navigating Modern Technology? Ask your elders!

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 8, 2023
Technology}

Do you ever feel like you’re barely keeping up with modern technology? Maybe it’s a recent phone update that leaves you disoriented. Or you want customer service from a human but you’re forced to text with an AI. Perhaps you get decision fatigue scrolling through endless streaming options on TV, not sure what to take a chance on next. You’re not alone in experiencing feelings of weariness, frustration, and even grief about daily life in the digital age. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
October 6, 2023
Education}

College-Simulated Learning for K-12

_{Keri D. Ingraham
October 6, 2023
Education}

Recent polling suggests that nearly half of parents would prefer a hybrid approach for their child’s education, combining on-campus and at-home learning days each week. A promising model of hybrid education exists by the name of college-simulated learning. Read More ›

Dollar bill plant growth from ground.Concept of money tree growing from American dollars

^{Nathan Lewis
October 6, 2023
Economics}

Life After Capitalism Highlights The Way Forward For Economists

_{Nathan Lewis
October 6, 2023
Economics}

Life After Capitalism is full of new ideas with great potential to advance the study of economics out of its current stagnant ruts. Among other things, it may help bridge the cultural divide between business innovators and policy wonks. Readers will find new vistas and horizons in every chapter. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
October 5, 2023
Human Exceptionalism}

‘Ocean Rights’ Earth Religion Advances in the UN

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 5, 2023
Human Exceptionalism}

The “international world order” is increasingly radical in its environmental engagement and anti-human in the policies it promotes. In the great cause of “saving the planet,” scientific precepts and empirical analyses are being cast aside in favor of a neo-earth religious mysticism. Read More ›

Barcelona. Monument to Christopher Columbus.

^{Scott S. Powell
October 4, 2023
Religion and Civic Life}

Why Columbus Day Should Be Celebrated

_{Scott S. Powell
October 4, 2023
Religion and Civic Life}

Seen from the big picture, Columbus Day is worth keeping and honoring because it was foundational to founding a new nation by people who largely shared the core beliefs and the qualities of character that were also exhibited by Columbus. Read More ›

^{Bruce Chapman
September 29, 2023
Citizen Leadership}

I’m Running for President — You Could Do Worse (and Probably Will)

_{Bruce Chapman
September 29, 2023
Citizen Leadership}

My fellow citizens: I hereby announce my candidacy for president. I'm 82 now, and am finally old enough. When I told my wife, she said, “Well, they could do worse. And probably will.” That will be my campaign slogan, “You Could Do Worse.” Read More ›

^{Scott S. Powell and Ann H. McLean
September 27, 2023
Religion and Civic Life}

Removing the Reconciliation Monument From Arlington Cemetery—Illegal and a Disgrace

_{Scott S. Powell and Ann H. McLean
September 27, 2023
Religion and Civic Life}

Why should Americans oppose the decision of the now disbanded “Congressional Naming Commission” to remove from Arlington Cemetery the Moses Ezekiel Reconciliation Monument—one of the greatest works of art in that hallowed ground? Read More ›