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A striking depiction of a glowing brain with a hand signifying headache, mental strain, or migraine

^{Pat Flynn
October 24, 2024}

Consciousness Conundrum: Integrated Information Theory vs. Cognitive Consciousness

_{Pat Flynn
October 24, 2024}

^{Caitlyn McKenney
October 23, 2024
Economics, Homelessness}

Washington Law Unfairly Keeps Prior Evictions Off Tenant Screenings

_{Caitlyn McKenney
October 23, 2024
Economics, Homelessness}

When it comes to tenant’s rights laws, good intentions don’t always lead to good or fair outcomes. One example is a Washington State law that allows tenants to keep their eviction from being disclosed to future housing providers. The state allows an order of limited dissemination (OLD) to be filed for eviction cases to prevent housing providers from denying tenants Read More ›

^{Jonathan Wells
October 23, 2024}

Jonathan Wells on How to Defeat Zombie Science

_{Jonathan Wells
October 23, 2024}

Scientist holding a lab mouse, evaluating her condition prior to running some tests and inoculation the animal with a virus

^{Wesley J. Smith
October 23, 2024
Human Exceptionalism}

We Can’t Let “Experts” Decide the Morality of Making “Humanized Animals”

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 23, 2024
Human Exceptionalism}

Bioethics is a utilitarianish social-political movement whose primary advocates are usually philosophers, lawyers, and/or doctors. Mainstream bioethicists (unless they have a modifier in front of the identifier, such as “Catholic”) generally push against human exceptionalism — a concept many view as “speciesism” — and promote Tower of Babel–like experiments that push us toward an almost-anything-goes research ethic. Read More ›

education and school concept little student girl studying at school

^{Keri D. Ingraham
October 23, 2024
Education}

School Choice Creates Enormous Savings for a State

_{Keri D. Ingraham
October 23, 2024
Education}

Democrat lawmakers employ fear tactics claiming school choice will bankrupt their states. It’s a massive lie, and they know it. As a recent Wall Street Journal report notes, school choice programs provide enormous savings for a state’s budget — savings to the tunes of millions of dollars each year. Read More ›

The excitement and anticipation of a brewing hurricane

^{Jonathan Lesser
October 22, 2024
Energy}

Hurricanes, Climate Change, and Statistical Sleight-of-Hand

_{Jonathan Lesser
October 22, 2024
Energy}

Doomsayers wasted no time identifying the destruction wrought by Hurricanes Helene and Milton as “proof” of climate change. It is the latest example of an increasingly common phenomenon: attributing individual weather events — a flood in Vermont, a heatwave in the Pacific Northwest, a cold snap in Texas, and many others — to climate change. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
October 21, 2024
Human Exceptionalism}

New Yorker Editor: (Right-Wing) Political Violence Should Be Considered a “Public Health Threat”

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 21, 2024
Human Exceptionalism}

^{Nathan Lewis
October 21, 2024
Economics}

Now Let’s Get Rid of the Income Tax

_{Nathan Lewis
October 21, 2024
Economics}

Presidential Candidate Donald Trump recently floated the idea of getting rid of the Income Tax completely. I think this is a great idea — and so did the Founders themselves, who effectively barred Direct Taxes in the Constitution, including the Income Tax, until it was legalized in the Sixteenth Amendment of 1913. Before 1913, there was no Income Tax in the United States. Read More ›