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Obama Admits Housing First was a Losing Strategy

Last weekend, former President Barack Obama acknowledged a blunt political reality: "The average person doesn't want to have to navigate around a tent city in the middle of downtown … and we're not going to be able to generate support [for treatment] if we simply say, 'It's not their fault, they should be able to do whatever they want,' because that's a losing political strategy." What makes the remark notable is not merely its candor. It is the history behind it. Read More ›
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COSM Session: Educating the Tech Workforce

COSM, a technology summit held in Scottsdale, included an important main stage session with Discovery Institute Senior Fellow and Director of the American Center for Transforming Education Keri D. Ingraham, former Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, and Founder of Love Your School and school choice advocate Jenny Clark.

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Olasky Books: Gnawing Senses of Conscience

Leo Damrosch’s Storyteller (Yale University Press, 2025) is a valentine to Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), whose life could have been co-designed by the novelist’s bipolar Jekyll and Hyde. Stevenson, best known for Treasure Island, combined a strict Scottish Presbyterian upbringing with a love of South Seas sensuousness. Damrosch describes how Stevenson rebelled against Christianity but “a gnawing sense of conscience Read More ›

Dr. John West to Speak at Cornerstone University

Cornerstone University will host Discovery Institute Vice President and Senior Fellow Dr. John West for a Community Chapel on Wednesday, March 4 at 10 a.m. to speak on the premise of his forthcoming book, Endowed by Our Creator: The Bible, Science, and the Battle for America’s Soul. A book signing will follow in the chapel lobby. The event is free Read More ›