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Crowd of people at a protest rally in America against the current government with their hands in the air, view from the back, peaceful march of the country's for freedom and democracy. Generative AI
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Keri D. Ingraham
July 26, 2023
Education
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Teachers Unions Pretend to Promote Freedom

Keri D. Ingraham
July 26, 2023
Education
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With the hashtag “#TeachTruth,” the National Education Association demanded the “freedom to teach” and the “freedom to learn” at their annual Representative Assembly earlier this month. It is laughable that the representatives and leaders of the world’s largest teachers union are masquerading as champions of freedom. Read More ›
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Angus J. Menuge, Brian R. Krouse, and Robert J. Marks
September 19, 2023
Natural and Artificial Intelligence
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Minding the Brain

Angus J. Menuge, Brian R. Krouse, and Robert J. Marks
September 19, 2023
Natural and Artificial Intelligence
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Is your mind the same thing as your brain, or are there aspects of mind beyond the brain’s biology? This is the mind-body problem, and it has captivated curious minds since the dawn of human contemplation. Today many insist that the mind is completely reducible to the brain. But is that claim justified? In this stimulating anthology, twenty-five philosophers and Read More ›

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William A. Dembski and Winston Ewert
November 16, 2023
Intelligent Design
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The Design Inference

William A. Dembski and Winston Ewert
November 16, 2023
Intelligent Design
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A landmark of the intelligent design movement, The Design Inference revolutionized our understanding of how we detect intelligent causation. Originally published twenty-five years ago, it has now been revised and expanded into a second edition that greatly sharpens its exploration of design inferences. Read More ›
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Colorful crayons and a symbol of a transgender
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Wesley J. Smith
July 19, 2023
Human Exceptionalism
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The Patriarchy Doesn’t Hate Women but the Trans Movement Does

Wesley J. Smith
July 19, 2023
Human Exceptionalism
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Let’s get real. While women do indeed still face obstacles to equal participation in society, the country has clearly chosen to embrace full female inclusion in every aspect of life. Indeed, the day when the late Phyllis Schlafly could successfully argue against the Equal Rights Amendment by claiming that women enjoy a “privileged place” in law and society as homemakers and mothers, is long gone. Read More ›
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A close up of a chemical petri dish with organic bacteria on a desk in a scientific lab is used to evaluate a material sample. prepared glass plate containing a bright liquid for biochemical developme
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Stephen C. Meyer and James Tour
July 19, 2023
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James Tour and Stephen Meyer Bring Clarity to Origin of Life Debate

Stephen C. Meyer and James Tour
July 19, 2023
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the interior metal manufacturing the view from the top
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George F. Will
July 19, 2023
Economics
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Progressive Gloom Ignores a Marvelous Historical Economic Measure

George F. Will
July 19, 2023
Economics
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In “Life After Capitalism,” George Gilder, citing Marian L. Tupy and Gale L. Pooley in the Cato Institute’s volume “Superabundance,” writes that “between 1980 and 2022, workers have been able to buy some 300 percent more goods and services with their hours and minutes.” The secret sauce is applied knowledge. Read More ›