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Space and Galaxy light speed travel. Elements of this image furnished by NASA.
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How Science Stopped Backing Atheists and Started Pointing Back to God

Far from pointing to "blind, pitiless indifference," the great discoveries of the last century point to the exquisite design of life and the universe and, arguably, to an intelligent creator behind it all. Read More ›
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Mind Matters Host Robert J. Marks Answers Questions About The “AI Apocalypse”

Dr. Robert J. Marks II answers audience questions about his lecture, “AI Apocalypse: Will Thinking Machines Replace Humans?” This Q and A was presented at the 2022 Dallas Conference on Science and Faith in January 2022. Read More ›
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On Homelessness in America

Stephen Eide’s Homelessness in America: The History and Tragedy of an Intractable Social Problem (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022) is an excellent overview. I’ll write more about it next month in my weekly column at the Fix Homelessness website, but I’ll just note here what Eide writes about “Housing First” tendencies to emphasize roofs rather than root causes: If we define a homeless, mentally Read More ›

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Drug dealer selling drugs
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Don’t Fall for ‘Conservative’ Pitch to Legalize Hard Drugs

We know that radical left-wing subversives want to legalize hard drugs. So do some libertarians—which is a polite word for social Darwinism. But conservatives generally oppose legalization, understanding the devastating social costs and personal dissipation that hard drug abuse causes to families, communities, and individuals who would be tempted to imbibe by the lack of potential legal consequence. Read More ›