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Ride the Amtrak passenger train through lush Michigan landscapes from Chicago, Illinois to Detroit, Michigan.
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The Failure of Subsidizing AMTRAK and How to Make Passenger Trains Profitable Again

We are publishing this paper volunteered by J.D. Wong, a Georgia businessman, that makes a strong, well-researched case that government subsidies for Amtrak should be terminated. In his opinion, only a couple of long distance train routes are potentially sustainable, and that a reliance on standard rail cars, rather than sleeper cars, is a business mistake that mainly reflects political influence. Read More ›
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Keri D. Ingraham Talks About Education Freedom with Dr. Johann D’Souza

Keri D. Ingraham appeared on the Virtuous Leaders Podcast with Dr. Johann D’Souza to discuss education freedom and its incredible progress across the nation. They cover Keri’s visit to the White House, how Linda McMahon is performing as the Secretary of Education, Keri’s career journey from teaching to public policy, debunking the myth that education vouchers will result in increased Read More ›

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Vibrant cereal bowls displaying various colorful breakfast options
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Cereal or Eggs?

3rd Annual Polish Conference to Feature Paul Nelson and William Dembski

The 3rd-annual Faith & Science in the Age of Secularization conference will take place on June 13-14 at the Hotel Gromada Centrum in Warsaw, Poland. Discovery Institute Senior Fellows Paul Nelson and William Dembski will join theologian Robert Stackpole and Dominican friar and author Michał Chaberek to present on the scientific theory of intelligent design as an alternative to Darwinian Read More ›

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Human girl and monkey holding hands representing cooperation
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New Research Overturns Claim that Humans and Chimps Differ by Only 1% in Their DNA

Seattle — For years, the public has been told that human beings and chimpanzees are, in genetic terms, only "1 percent" different. But according to Discovery Institute scientist Dr. Casey Luskin, this claim has just been overturned by research recently published in Nature, the world's most prestigious science journal. Read More ›