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Recently, noted Wall Street economist David Malpass suggested that the Federal Reserve “is looking like a sovereign wealth fund,” with its $4.5 trillion balance sheet of Treasury and mortgage-backed securities exposing the Fed to massive interest-rate risk while creating distortions in financial markets that contribute to slow growth and a low savings rate. While few would disagree with the details Read More ›

We in the West have been coming to wrong conclusions in answering the above questions. Our “war” confusion is that we aren’t necessarily at war with countries and/or terror groups whose leaders have declared war on us. Thus the Islamic Republic of Iran established in February 1979 by the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini has avowedly been at war with the West Read More ›

On Sept. 21, 2014 more than 100 groups across the United States and Canada will be hosting the Science and Faith: Are They Really in Conflict? simulcast featuring Oxford University’s John Lennox, Discovery Institute’s Stephen Meyer, and BreakPoint radio’s Eric Metaxas. The event will run from 6-8 pm CST/PST and 7-9 pm EST/MNT, and you are invited to attend! Below Read More ›

SEATTLE — Wesley J. Smith, director of Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism, has agreed with Encounter Books to revise and update his award winning 2001 book, Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America.

It shows the level of suspicion people have for government and the health care system that many of us distrust paying doctors to engage in end-of-life discussions. Indeed, during the run-up to the passage of Obamacare, Sarah Palin labeled a never-passed provision to pay doctors for such conversations, “death panels.” That political sound bite struck such a powerful chord that Read More ›

One of the dangers of enforcing “consensus science” is a lack of competition. Just as in business, when competitors aren’t allowed, the quality of the product suffers. Anyone who has dealt with a local cable company understands this truth. In science, this same principle can translate into a failure to adequately fact-check arguments. When defenders of the consensus try to Read More ›