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Pass This Test

This article, published by National Review, provides a review of Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder’s book The Israel Test: George Gilder is a phenomenon. With a restless and questing mind, he has written books on feminism, capitalism, technology, and other topics. These books are absorbing, provocative, and somewhat original. The rest of the article can be found here.

Journey Inside The Cell

This animation shows how the digital information encoded in DNA directs protein synthesis inside the cell and provides a unique look at the evidence for intelligent design as described in Dr. Stephen C. Meyers book Signature in the Cell. For more information visit http://www.signatureinthecell.com

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Portrait of a samurai in armor in attack position
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Samurai Bioethics

Because they are trying to avoid the stigma of being associated with “fundamentalists”, a number of conservative intellectuals appear all too willing to postpone indefinitely the serious questions raised by Darwinism. Read More ›

Gilder Throws Down a Gauntlet

This article, published by Townhall, is about Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder and his book The Israel Test: Charles Murray, no slouch among public intellectuals, described him as the most underrated public intellectual in America today. Murray offered this assessment of George Gilder at a recent American Enterprise Institute colloquium to discuss Gilder’s newest book, “The Israel Test.” The rest Read More ›

Collins Heads NIH

President Barack Obama made headlines earlier this year when he named physician and medical researcher Dr. Francis S. Collins—best known for heading the Human Genome Project—to head the National Institutes of Health. Why the fuss? Collins is an enthusiastic evangelical Christian who forcefully witnesses to his faith in the public square. Ignoring the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition of a religious test for Read More ›

Choosing the Chosen People

This article, published by National Review, contains an interview with Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder: Would you pass it? Kathryn Jean Lopez sat down with George Gilder, author of The Israel Test, and asked him a few questions about Israel. The rest of the article can be found here.  

Capitalism, Freedom, and Jewish Accomplishment: The Israel Test

George Gilder will present arguments from his new book, The Israel Test, at a forum sponsored by American.com: It is well-known that Israel faces hostility and pressure from religious enemies on its borders. But in a new book, author George Gilder reveals that Israel has also become “the crucial battlefield for capitalism and freedom in our time.” … Gilder will Read More ›

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Soldier on top of the mountain with the Israeli flag
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Capitalism, Jewish Achievement, and the Israel Test

Israel has become one of the most important economies in the world, and is second only to the United States in its pioneering of technologies benefitting human life, prosperity, and peace. Like the Jews throughout history, Israel poses a test to the world. In particular, it is a test for any people that lusts for the fruits of capitalism without Read More ›

The Vitality of Israel

This article, published by National Review, is about Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder and his book The Israel Test: George Gilder was one of the speakers on the recent National Review cruise round the Mediterranean, and he gave me a copy of his new book The Israel Test — there, I’ve declared an interest. The rest of the article can be found here.

Wolhlstetter At African-American Conservative Discussion

This article, published by PRLog, mentions Discovery Institute Senior Fellow John C. Wohlstetter: Rounding out the interview hour will be guest, John C. Wohlstetter, a political commentator and the founder and editor of the blog “Letter from the Capitol” (www.letterfromthecapitol.com). He is the senior fellow of technology and democracy at the Discovery Institute and a board member of the Hudson Read More ›