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^{Scott S. Powell
June 2, 2022
Religion and Civic Life

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The Mass Shooting in Uvalde, Texas Calls Us to Spiritual And Moral Revival

_{Scott S. Powell
June 2, 2022
Religion and Civic Life

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After getting over the pain and grieving of the Uvalde, Texas school shooting, many people and so-called experts have weighed in—offering more of the same old responses that have followed other similar tragic incidents. Read More ›

^{Michael Denton
June 1, 2022

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The Miracle of Man: Fine Tuning for Blood and Breath

_{Michael Denton
June 1, 2022

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In Part 3 of The Miracle of Man interview with author Michael Denton, the Australian biologist and MD explores with host Eric Anderson some of the bioengineering marvels of the human lung and, more fundamentally, some of the many things about chemistry, the sun, and planet Earth that had to be just so to allow our respiratory and circulatory systems to work—not merely as well as they do but at all. Read More ›

History of science, concept. Nicholas Copernicus author of the heliocentric system of the world,

^{Michael Newton Keas
May 31, 2022

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Unbelievable: Galileo Proved the Church’s Irrational Opposition to Science

_{Michael Newton Keas
May 31, 2022

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On this ID the Future from the vault, host Andrew McDiarmid interviews science historian and author Michael Keas about Keas’ ISI book Unbelievable: 7 Myths About the History and Future of Science and Religion. Read More ›

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^{Wesley J. Smith
May 31, 2022
Education

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Move Over DEI, Here Comes the J for ‘Justice’ in Race-Based Grading Policy

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 31, 2022
Education

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A new letter — “J,” for “justice” — has apparently been added to the “DEI” — “diversity, equity, and inclusion” — mantra. And, as with most progressive ideas, it will lead to the exact opposite of what it claims to promote. Read More ›

^{Center on Wealth & Poverty
May 31, 2022
Economics

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Inflation: What It Is, Why It’s Bad, and How to Fix It

_{Center on Wealth & Poverty
May 31, 2022
Economics

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Authors Steve Forbes, Nathan Lewis, and Elizabeth Ames provide insights from their hot-off-the-press new book, Inflation: What It Is, Why It’s Bad, and How to Fix It. Read More ›

^{Stephen C. Meyer
May 31, 2022
Intelligent Design

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Stephen Meyer Answers Questions about the Judeo-Christian Origins of Science

_{Stephen C. Meyer
May 31, 2022
Intelligent Design

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Philosopher of science Stephen Meyer answers audience questions on his lecture about the Judeo-Christian origins of modern science. This Q and A was presented at the 2022 Dallas Conference on Science and Faith in January 2022. The original lecture can be viewed here: The Judeo-Christian Origins of Modern…

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^{Keri D. Ingraham
May 30, 2022
Education

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Democrats Are Gaslighting American Parents About School Vouchers

_{Keri D. Ingraham
May 30, 2022
Education

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Defunding public schools — even “stealing money” from them — is how the far-left and teachers’ unions term any attempt to offer parents more choice around education. For them, it’s about money and power, not children and high-quality learning. Read More ›

American flags on tombs of American Veterans on Memorial Day, Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky (Blur Effect)On National Register of Historic Places

^{Scott S. Powell
May 30, 2022
Citizen Leadership

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By Keeping The Past Alive, Memorial Day Can Help Us Save The Future

_{Scott S. Powell
May 30, 2022
Citizen Leadership

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Memorial Day is a profound American holiday because it connects the present with so many different points of our past. It was originally known as Decoration Day, a day set aside to honor those who lost their lives in the Civil War—America’s most costly war, taking the lives of at least 620,000 men. Among American holidays, Memorial Day is unique also in that it originated from the vanquished, not the victor. Read More ›

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^{Ola Hössjer and Daniel Andrés Díaz-Pachón
May 26, 2022

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It’s a Wonderful, Complex, and Finely-Tuned Universe

_{Ola Hössjer and Daniel Andrés Díaz-Pachón
May 26, 2022

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What does it mean for something to be finely-tuned? Does fine-tuning extend beyond our own man-made systems and into biology and the universe itself? Read More ›

^{Michael Denton
May 26, 2022

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Michael Denton: The Miracle of Man Rests on a Primal Blueprint

_{Michael Denton
May 26, 2022

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This ID the Future continues Miracle of Man author Michael Denton’s conversation with host Eric Anderson about his latest book. The focus of this capstone work in his Privileged Species series is, as the subtitle explains, The Fine-Tuning of Nature for Human Existence. Read More ›