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What Contemporary Physics and Philosophy Tell Us About Nature and God

Fr. Robert J. Spitzer, Ph.D., and co-author of New Proofs for the Existence of God, waslks through some of the new arguments for God’s existence as reasoned from astrophysics. Listen in as he talks about universe expansion, anthropic fine-tuning, and other novel arguments from the past decade.

Obama Names Tom Alberg to New National Council on Entrepreneurship

Tom Alberg, who helped found Discovery Institute in 1990 and was president of its Board for many years (and still serves as a Director), is one of the most innovative entrepreneurs around. He knows the importance of pro-growth economic policies and is keenly aware of the dangers of the present moment. So it is with delight that I note that Read More ›

Israel Must Be More Than an Emergency

An ardently pro-Israel Catholic friend regularly takes out his frustration on me. He demands to know why American Jews aren’t outraged at President Obama for his chilliness to the Jewish state, why, when it comes to the existential dangers facing Israel, most Jews don’t seem to “get it.” A partial explanation may lie, surprisingly, in what conservative journalist William Kristol Read More ›

Billboard Campaign Puts Controversial Right-to-Die Group in the Spotlight

This article, published by Fox News, quotes Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Wesley J. Smith: “The signs communicate a pro-suicide message that sends a dangerous message throughout society, including to people like the young who would not legally qualify for a lethal prescription,” said Wesley J. Smith, a California-based bioethicist who opposes assisted suicide. The rest of the article can be found Read More ›

A Vexing Problem

This article, published by Catholic World Report, quotes Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Wesley Smith: Wesley Smith, on his blog Secondhand Smoke, recently wrote that potential targets include “patients with profound cognitive impairments who will remain unconscious or minimally aware for the rest of their lives.” The rest of the article can be found here.

Health Care Rationing Obama Believes In

This article, published by Real Clear Politics, quotes Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Wesley Smith: Wesley Smith, an invaluable investigative reporter on the dangers of government-controlled health care, describes the consequences if Obamacare is not repealed by the next Congress after the midterm elections … The rest of the article can be found here.

Obama’s NASA: Fly Me to the Crescent Moon

This article, published by The Daily Caller, mentions Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder and his book The Israel Test: They might also read George Gilder’s latest book, The Israel Test. Gilder, who is not Jewish, says Israel is a wonderful test for everyone. The rest of the article can be found here.