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Scott S. Powell
December 21, 2023
Religion and Civic Life
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How Christmas Split Time in Two While Also Making Life Timeless

Scott S. Powell
December 21, 2023
Religion and Civic Life
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We are at a crisis inflection point in our present and future. And while evil encircles us on every side and at every level, the Christmas story has the power and truth to deliver peace while also providing the shield and sword to defeat those who would destroy our families, our freedom, our nation, and all that is good. Read More ›
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Journalists Interviewing. Female Speaker Answering Questions
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Debra J. Saunders
December 20, 2023
Citizen Leadership
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Journalism, a Reckoning

Debra J. Saunders
December 20, 2023
Citizen Leadership
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You know journalism is flailing when Economist columnist James Bennet writes a piece that pretty much blew up his old home. The headline: "When the New York Times lost its way." Read More ›
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Robert Shedinger
February 12, 2024
Intelligent Design
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Darwin’s Bluff

Robert Shedinger
February 12, 2024
Intelligent Design
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In this fascinating piece of historical detective work, Robert Shedinger draws on Darwin’s letters, private notebooks, and an unfinished manuscript to piece together a puzzle and reveal an embarrassing truth: Darwin never finished his sequel to The Origin of Species because in the end he could not deliver the empirical evidence he promised would validate his theory. Read More ›
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Arlington National Cemetery
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Scott S. Powell
December 18, 2023
Citizen Leadership
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Who Would Destroy the Reconciliation Monument at This Time of Year?

Scott S. Powell
December 18, 2023
Citizen Leadership
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t is a sad chapter in American history when the Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, takes naked action that is an affront to Congress and the separation of powers by running roughshod over Amendment 364 of the Fiscal Year 2024 Department of Defense Appropriations bill that prohibits the use of funds for the removal of any monument in Arlington National Cemetery.  Read More ›
Reception of the Original Design Inference
The Center for Science and Culture and William A. Dembski
December 14, 2023
Intelligent Design
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Reception of the Original Design Inference

The Center for Science and Culture and William A. Dembski
December 14, 2023
Intelligent Design
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Mathematician and philosopher William Dembski discusses the reception of the original edition of his landmark book The Design Inference, which explored how we can detect intelligent design. A new expanded edition of the book has now been released, co-authored with computer scientist Winston Ewert. Find out more at https://www.discovery.org/b/the-desig….

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Scott Minnich and Eric H. Anderson
December 13, 2023
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Hitting the Brakes on ‘Rapid Evolution’

Scott Minnich and Eric H. Anderson
December 13, 2023
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On this episode of ID The Future, host Eric Anderson concludes his Why It Matters interview with microbiologist Dr. Scott Minnich. In Part 2, Dr. Minnich critiques Lenski's famous Long Term Evolutionary Experiments. Through experiments of his own, Minnich has shown how the practical results of Lenski's project on E. coli are easily repeatable under different conditions, and how some key changes to E. coli are even reversible, both of which speak more to an organism's pre-existing capabilities than to a Darwinian explanation. This is the conclusion to a two-part interview. Read More ›