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President Joe Biden, joined by Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, delivers remarks on student loans, Monday, October 17, 2022, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House. (Official White House Photo by Erin Scott)
Keri D. Ingraham
January 21, 2025
Education
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During Miguel Cardona’s Tenure as Ed Secretary, Schools Got Worse by Every Metric

Keri D. Ingraham
January 21, 2025
Education
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President Joe Biden's appointed secretary of education, Miguel Cardona, is out the door as President Donald Trump returns to the Oval Office. The end of Cardona's tenure couldn't come soon enough. K-12 student learning achievement is pitifully low. Chronic absenteeism has skyrocketed. Condoned college campus protests are a disgrace. Federal student aid, including the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (known as FAFSA) form and process, is a mess. Read More ›
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Man with addiction sharing mental health issues with group at aa meeting, talking to therapist. People having conversation about depression and rehabilitation at therapy session.
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Marvin Olasky
January 17, 2025
Homelessness
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Wednesday, 6:30 a.m. at Springs Rescue Mission in Colorado Springs

Marvin Olasky
January 17, 2025
Homelessness
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My columns over the next few weeks will become part of an eventual book, but before too long goes by, it’s time to describe how I spent part of my summer vacation in 2024. The summer prior, I had enjoyed the great beauty of the Colorado Springs area, including the Garden of the Gods, with its beautifully soaring red rock sandstone formations at 6,400 feet above sea level. It’s the number one park in the United States, according to Trip Advisor, but my Colorado Springs sojourn this past summer was on run-down Las Vegas Street. Read More ›
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Center on Wealth & Poverty
January 17, 2025
Homelessness
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Robert Marbut Discusses Seattle’s Homelessness Crisis on the John Curley Show

Center on Wealth & Poverty
January 17, 2025
Homelessness
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In Seattle, the number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness is on track to double in just the next three years. Robert Marbut appeared on KIRO Newsradio’s John Curley Show to discuss the policies that have exacerbated the crisis and the solutions available to the city and county. Discovery Institute released a report last November detailing our policy recommendations for the Read More ›

Patients waiting for an appointment in the hospital corridor
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Wesley J. Smith
January 17, 2025
Human Exceptionalism
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Canada’s Socialized Health-Care Culture of Death: 15,000-plus Die Awaiting Care; 15,000-plus Euthanized

Wesley J. Smith
January 17, 2025
Human Exceptionalism
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What a debacle. More than 15,000 people died in Canada in one year because they couldn't access care in the country's collapsing socialized health-care system. But it gets worse. About the same number of people were euthanized in Canada in 2023. Some asked to be lethally jabbed because they couldn't access health care in a timely fashion. Read More ›
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The Center for Science and Culture
January 16, 2025
Intelligent Design
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Design Arguments, Design Detection, and Natural Theology

The Center for Science and Culture
January 16, 2025
Intelligent Design
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Can we detect intelligent design in nature? If so, what are the implications for “natural theology”? These questions and more were explored at the panel “Design Write Large: Design Arguments, Design Detection, and Natural Theology” at the Evangelical Philosophical Society annual meeting in San Diego in November 2024. Speakers included Center for Science and Culture (CSC) Senior Fellows Doug Axe, Read More ›

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Caitlyn McKenney
January 15, 2025
Economics
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The YIMBY Movement Faces Challenges on Both Sides of the Aisle

Caitlyn McKenney
January 15, 2025
Economics
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“Yes In My Backyard” — if the phrase has yet to enter your lexicon, the YIMBY movement is a growing cultural and political response to its predecessor, NIMBY (“Not In My Backyard”). As the nation faces a shortage of nearly 4 million homes, a pro-housing response is understandably on the rise. And while the YIMBY movement has garnered impressive traction on both sides of the political aisle — Harris and Trump have both vocalized pro-housing development sentiment — it is also not immune to criticism from both sides. Read More ›