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Cornerstone University
March 20, 2026
Faith & Science, Religion and Civic Life
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Cornerstone University Traces Biblical Roots of America’s Founding

Cornerstone University
March 20, 2026
Faith & Science, Religion and Civic Life
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Cornerstone University welcomed Dr. John G. West for a special America at 250 Community Chapel on campus. West serves as Vice President and Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute and Cornerstone's Distinguished Scholar of American Government and Christian Civic Engagement. Read More ›
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President Donald Trump signs an Executive Order to dismantle the Department of Education, Thursday, March 20, 2025, in the East Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Molly Riley)
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Keri D. Ingraham
March 20, 2026
Education

The Education Department Is Shrinking

Keri D. Ingraham
March 20, 2026
Education
The U.S. Department of Education has spent more than $3 trillion since 1980, with little to show for it. Reading and math scores have barely budged, achievement gaps remain, and too many families are trapped in a system that fails their children. On March 20, 2025, President Trump took decisive action by signing an executive order directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to dismantle the department and return authority to the states. Read More ›
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Keri D. Ingraham
March 17, 2026
Education
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Parents—Not Schools—Must Be in Charge of Their Children

Keri D. Ingraham
March 17, 2026
Education
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Earlier in March, the U.S. Supreme Court had to step in and reaffirm the basic reality that parents, not schools, must be the primary decision-makers for their children. In the Mirabelli v. Bonta ruling, the Court determined that the California law, which barred schools from telling parents about their child’s claimed gender identity, violated parents’ constitutional rights—both their First Amendment free exercise rights and their Fourteenth Amendment rights to make decisions about their children’s upbringing. Read More ›
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The Center for Science and Culture
March 17, 2026
Intelligent Design, Religion and Civic Life
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The Center for Science and Culture
March 17, 2026
Intelligent Design, Religion and Civic Life
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The Declaration of Independence proclaims that “all men are created equal” and “are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.” For generations, those hallowed words inspired not only Americans, but millions around the globe. Yet today many Americans are skeptical or confused about the Declaration’s key claims. Now comes a powerful defense of America’s founding: Endowed by Our Creator: Read More ›

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Marvin Olasky
March 14, 2026
Discovery Institute
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Olasky Books: Sweet charity and centuries of sacrifice

Marvin Olasky
March 14, 2026
Discovery Institute
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Karl Zinsmeister’s Sweet Charity (Mountain Marsh Media, 2026) has the semi-misleading subtitle Why private giving is so important to America (and must not be wrecked by politics). Semi-, that is, because while Zinsmeister’s opening chapter makes a cultural and political argument, the bulk of this delightful book is a travelogue of community-bolstering charities in Philadelphia and Florida, some wonderful, some Read More ›

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Keri D. Ingraham
March 13, 2026
Education
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A School Choice Breakthrough That Costs Taxpayers Nothing

Keri D. Ingraham
March 13, 2026
Education
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What if you could help a child receive a better education at no cost to yourself? Beginning in 2027, Americans will be able to do exactly that. Under the Education Freedom Tax Credit, taxpayers can contribute up to $1,700 annually to approved scholarship-granting organizations and, in return, receive a dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit. Read More ›