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Discovery Institute’s COSM Technology Summit Returns to Arizona with an AI “Reality Check”

Discovery Institute proudly announces that its 7th annual COSM Technology Summit, “Reality Check” will be held November 18-20 at the Westin Kierland in Scottsdale, Arizona. COSM 2026 is a premier gathering of scientists, technologists, entrepreneurs, investors, and thought leaders exploring the ideas and innovations shaping the future. Read More ›
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The Innovative Iowa Blueprint Leading the Nation in Education Freedom

For years, states have talked about education innovation. Iowa is taking strides toward making that happen with reforms that expand opportunity, strengthen workforce development, and empower families. Read More ›
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Mother with her newborn baby at the hospital a day after a natural birth labor
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Commercial Surrogacy Turns Women into Machines, Babies into Products

What does this case tell us about our culture? On one hand, we will allow virtually anything to enable family formation. And, on the other, many states permit abortion through the ninth month. It’s enough to give one cultural whiplash. Read More ›
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Stop Treating Homeless People Like Outlaws. It’s Killing Them

Maria DeSersa was 34 years old when she was found dead of a fentanyl overdose in an apartment laundry facility in Federal Way, Washington. She had been a defendant in 24 cases over the span of seven years. Research Fellow and Program Coordinator Marsha Michaelis explores Maria’s tragic story to expose the failures of a lenient criminal justice system and Read More ›

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Four diverse college friends walking and laughing together in a sunny park
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Educational Institutions Dividing Students Based on Race

Nearly 60 years after Congress outlawed housing discrimination, the federal government has had to remind America’s colleges and universities that racial segregation is still illegal. That fact alone should alarm every American. Read More ›
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Fire fighting helicopter carry water bucket to extinguish the forest fire
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The Lancet: Wildfires the Latest “Health Emergency”

In recent years, editors of medical, science, and bioethics journals have proclaimed almost every major societal problem to be a “health emergency” or crisis. Off the top of my head, I can think of several: guns, racism, immigration enforcement, global warming, abortion restrictions, and fear of future pandemics. Read More ›
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Olasky Books: Three interesting gusts of Augustus

August, named after Augustus Caesar, is a good time to look at three books that apply lessons from ancient Rome. The best is Harry Sidebottom’s Those Who Are About to Die: A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator (Knopf, 2026). In it we can learn that the lean gladiators of Hollywood spectaculars were rare: A diet heavy on Read More ›