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Oppenheimer’s Demon

Everyone knows about the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945. But Robert Oppenheimer’s Manhattan Project had on hand another nuclear core. After claiming the lives of two scientists in separate accidents, it was dubbed the Demon Core and melted down. Some demons, however, are not so easily destroyed. And now Chicago DA Glenn Winders finds himself in a race against the clock to stop a shadowy nuclear terrorist and prevent World War III. Read More ›
London, England - December 4, 2019: Statue of Charles Robert Darwin was an English naturalist and biologist in Natural History Museum. London, United Kingdom.
Statue of Charles Robert Darwin was an English naturalist and biologist in Natural History Museum. London, United Kingdom.

Giving Up Darwin’s “Brilliant and Beautiful Theory”

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Elderly nun holding rosary beads and praying in a church, with stained glass window in background
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Nuns Sue New York Over Forced Complicity in Assisted Suicide

New York just legalized assisted suicide. Adding insult to injury, the law requires morally or religiously objecting doctors to be complicit in assisted suicides by cooperating with some of its provisions. Four orders of Catholic nuns that provide medical services — including the Little Sisters of the Poor, who knows a lot about resisting government policies that would force them to violate their faith — have sued. Read More ›
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family hiking in grand teton
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Wyoming’s Education Leader Is Delivering Results

In an era when many education leaders are focused on maintaining the status quo, Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder has chosen a different path. Her bold leadership, meaningful reforms, and unwavering focus on students, families, and teachers have benefited students and educators alike. Read More ›
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Andrea Suarez Advocates for Treatment First in KOMO News Town Hall on Homelessness

KOMO News hosted a Town Hall on Western Washington’s homelessness crisis on July 13. The Town Hall panel included Daniel Malone, Executive Director of the Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC); Andrea Suarez, Founder and Executive Director of We Heart Seattle; Jon Scholes, President and CEO of the Downtown Seattle Association; and Dominique Alex, CEO of Mary’s Place. Among the topics Read More ›

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Clock on rear entrance of French National Assembly, aka Palais Bourbon, with Law statue in foreground.
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France Legalizes Euthanasia

The West continues its love affair with the culture of death as the French National Assembly just voted to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide, overriding the Senate's rejection. I haven't read the bill, but here are a few notes I discerned from various media reports: Read More ›
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A large battery energy storage system with a setting sun behind it.
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Batteries and the Grid: Hype, Hope, and Economic Reality

Can electric grids that are powered primarily by wind and solar power provide reliable and affordable electricity when coupled with battery storage? Although advocates insist that it is feasible, this study demonstrates that a wind-solar-battery policy to meet electricity demand is physically implausible, cost-prohibitive, and unjustifiable on the basis of goals to reduce CO2 emissions. Read More ›