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Student working on laptop in college. Preparing for exam in college. Student working on a laptop on some stairs on campus preparing for an exam

^{Keri D. Ingraham
August 25, 2021
Education

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The Problem With Public Schools

_{Keri D. Ingraham
August 25, 2021
Education

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Our K-12 public schools serve as the largest employment entity in the U.S. Adult employment is prioritized at the expense of student learning. Bloated bureaucracy consumes dollars that should be spent on students. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
August 25, 2021
Education

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Vaccine Mandates & Bribery Are Headed for K-12 Schools

_{Keri D. Ingraham
August 25, 2021
Education

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Trends in higher education often trickle down to K-12 schools. The coronavirus vaccine fiat is heading toward the primary and secondary academic setting in record time. Read More ›

Ruins of a city. Apocalyptic landscape.3d illustration concept

^{George Gilder
August 24, 2021
Economics

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Doomed to Succeed

_{George Gilder
August 24, 2021
Economics

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Is modern life a doom machine? Do urbanization, international trade, air transport, immigration, tourism, and travel expose humans to an ever-growing threat of plagues and catastrophes? Are we killing ourselves through our cosmopolitan bustle of business, technology, immigration, cultural exchange, agriculture, and exogamous sex? Read More ›

Piggy bank with graduation hat and jar with money for education on table. Tuition fees concept

^{Debra J. Saunders
August 22, 2021
Citizen Leadership

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Who Wants Higher Tuition?

_{Debra J. Saunders
August 22, 2021
Citizen Leadership

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President Joe Biden and Democrats want to lower the cost of higher education by increasing Pell Grants and forgiving student debt. Biden wants to forgive $10,000 per student. Progressives want to up the ante to $50,000 per individual. Here’s a novel idea: Maybe the better way to cut the cost of college is to cut the cost of college. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
August 21, 2021
Human Exceptionalism

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Bioethicist: Let Doctors Kill the Healthy by Harvesting Organs

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 21, 2021
Human Exceptionalism

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We have entered the era of what I call “do harm medicine,” in which the concept of what constitutes harming the patient has become entirely malleable and subjective. I even wrote a book covering that subject. Read More ›

^{Caitlin Cory
August 20, 2021
Economics

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New Washington State Laws Fail Mentally Ill

_{Caitlin Cory
August 20, 2021
Economics

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A recent apartment fire in the Seattle area could have been prevented had law enforcement been empowered to provide true help to a man in mental distress. Read More ›

People raising fist with unfocused background in a pacifist protest against racism demanding justice

^{Scott S. Powell
August 20, 2021
Economics

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CRT: America’s Cultural Revolution

_{Scott S. Powell
August 20, 2021
Economics

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Americans have overcome many daunting challenges throughout their nation’s past, often waking up at the 11th hour before taking action and prevailing. Protecting our citizens’ freedom and saving America as a beacon of freedom in the world should be our top priority. Read More ›

Cartoon robot sitting in line with human applicants for a job interview

^{Andrew McDiarmid
August 19, 2021
Technology

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The Limits of Talking to a Machine

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 19, 2021
Technology

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Our technology—the machines built with our art and skill—can better humanity in amazing ways. But machines can’t replace our need for each other Read More ›

Long Story Short Origin of Life Title Screen

^{The Center for Science and Culture
August 18, 2021
Intelligent Design

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Origin of Life: The Basic Building Blocks

_{The Center for Science and Culture
August 18, 2021
Intelligent Design

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We’re often told that origin of life experiments have simulated the production of life’s building blocks under conditions that mimicked the early earth. Or at least that’s what many textbooks say. But is this really true? This video shows how origin of life researchers “cheat” by using purified chemicals that don’t reproduce actual natural conditions. Another dirty little secret is Read More ›

^{The Center for Science and Culture
August 17, 2021
Intelligent Design

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First Annual Ibero-American Conference on Intelligent Design

_{The Center for Science and Culture
August 17, 2021
Intelligent Design

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Discovery Institute is pleased to announce that our friends at the Brazilian Society for Intelligent Design (or, “Sociedade Brasileira do Design Inteligente”) will be hosting their first annual Spanish-language conference via livestream. Here is a message from the organizers: Have you heard about the theory which is revolutionizing science, known as the theory of intelligent design? This theory reveals — Read More ›