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Robert J. Marks II
April 28, 2025
Technology
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Is U.S. Funding Graduate Ed. of Iranians, Chinese?

Robert J. Marks II
April 28, 2025
Technology
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Many students who get graduate degrees from the U.S. decide to stay here. Like me, they are all proud American Citizens. The issue here focuses solely on U.S.-supported graduate students from adversarial nations who return home with technology, the use of which remains uncertain. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
April 28, 2025
Human Exceptionalism
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Discovering Life Beyond Earth Would Demonstrate the Truth of Human Exceptionalism

Wesley J. Smith
April 28, 2025
Human Exceptionalism
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Science writer Matt Ridley has always had a reductionist view of the moral importance of human beings. He’s at it again in a piece about the likelihood that scientists will eventually find proof of life beyond this world. Ridley thinks that chances of such a momentous discovery are good. No argument there. But Ridley thinks that finding proof of such life would dent human exceptionalism. Read More ›
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President Donald J. Trump signs an Executive Order on on the Administration’s tariff plans at a “Make America Healthy Again” event, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in the White House Rose Gardent. (Official White House Photo by Abe McNatt)
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Nathan Lewis
April 24, 2025
Economics
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Tariffs Done Wrong

Nathan Lewis
April 24, 2025
Economics
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William A. Dembski
April 24, 2025
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Making Admissions to Elite Colleges Fair

William A. Dembski
April 24, 2025
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In this essay, I’m going to offer a proposal on how to make admissions for incoming undergraduates to elite colleges and universities fair—certainly fairer than now. On the one hand, I want to avoid affirmative action and DEI, which attempt to enforce tendentious views of fairness at the expense of merit. On the other hand, I want to avoid what Read More ›

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American Center for Transforming Education
April 23, 2025
Education
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Keri D. Ingraham Discusses Federal Student Loans on NTD News

American Center for Transforming Education
April 23, 2025
Education
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Keri D. Ingraham appeared on NTD News Today on Tuesday, April 22, to discuss the U.S. Department of Education’s announcement that collections of defaulted federal student loans would resume on May 5. Ingraham outlined the Biden administration’s unlawful actions to cancel student loans and defended the Trump administration’s return to enforcing repayment of student loans. “The goal is to help Read More ›