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Various groceries in shopping cart
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Wesley J. Smith
September 9, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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Medical Journal Article: Replace SNAP Benefits with Cash

Wesley J. Smith
September 9, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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Continuing my discussion of how ideological medical and science journals strive to redefine almost every public policy controversy into matters of public health to push leftwing agendas: An article in the notoriously woke New England Journal of Medicine argues that rather than give SNAP benefits to poor people — what used to be called food stamps — cash transfers should be provided to improve the “health” of the recipients. Read More ›
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Alone cute teenager girl at mirror in living room at home, looking her. Sad lonely child stands and looks in his reflection in casual domestic clothes. Concept difficult childhood. Copy text space
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Keri D. Ingraham
September 9, 2024
Education
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The Majority of Kids Would Outgrow Gender Disorders if They Don’t Transition

Keri D. Ingraham
September 9, 2024
Education
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On August 26, a federal appeals court ruled 2-1, allowing Florida the ability to enforce a ban on puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and sex reassignment surgeries on minor-age children. The May 2023 law had previously been deemed unconstitutional in June 2024 by a federal district court. Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration appealed the ruling, which has now resulted in victory. Read More ›
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testing microorganisms for antibiotic resistance
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Lee Spetner
September 6, 2024
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Lee Spetner Takes Aim at Darwin, Malthus and Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria

Lee Spetner
September 6, 2024
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On this episode of ID the Future from the vault, we bring you the first of three short interviews with MIT-trained physicist Dr. Lee Spetner. We were saddened to learn of the recent passing of Dr. Spetner at 91 years old, and we're sharing these conversations in tribute to his significant contributions to the evolution debate. Host Ira Berkowitz interviews Dr. Spetner in Jerusalem. Together they explore key arguments from Spetner’s books Not by Chance and The Evolution Revolution. Read More ›
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woman with lily flowers and coffin at funeral
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Wesley J. Smith
September 6, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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‘Nonmedical’ Assisted Suicide This Way Comes

Wesley J. Smith
September 6, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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Certain strains of the euthanasia-advocacy movement believe doctors don't need to be involved when someone wants to die. For example, the fanatics of Final Exit Network have taught people how to kill themselves, with a couple convicted of assisting via helium. Read More ›
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Two boys and girl use their phones during school breack. Cute boys sitting on the bench and play online games
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Keri D. Ingraham and Peter Biles
September 6, 2024
Education
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Smartphones Are Killing Kids’ Ability to Concentrate

Keri D. Ingraham and Peter Biles
September 6, 2024
Education
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With K-12 schools back in session across the nation, millions of students are adjusting to a new learning environment — a cellphone-free classroom or, in some cases, a phone-free school day. Lawmakers in several states are pushing for such restrictions. Read More ›
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Matthew Desmond discusses his book, "Poverty, By America," with Frederick Wherry at the 2023 Library of Congress National Book Festival, August 12. Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress. Note: Privacy and publicity rights for individuals depicted may apply.
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Marvin Olasky
September 6, 2024
Homelessness
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Dickensian Non-Fiction: Reviewing Desmond’s “Evicted”

Marvin Olasky
September 6, 2024
Homelessness
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The academic who’s gained the biggest rewards for writing about homelessness is Harvard and Princeton sociologist Matthew Desmond. Many reviewers loved the way Evicted reads like fiction. The comparisons with fiction raise crucial questions: How much of Evicted is fact and how much, if not exactly fiction, is interpretation? Read More ›
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An IT expert uses an EEG headset and machine learning technology to upload his brain into a computer, aiming for immortality. This scene captures a computer scientist developing an AI experiment
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Wesley J. Smith
September 4, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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Why Transhumanism Is Unrealistic and Immoral

Wesley J. Smith
September 4, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
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In 2016, transhumanism proselytizer Zoltan Istvan ran for president promising to defeat death while touring the country in a bus redesigned to look like a coffin. It was a great gimmick that made him, perhaps, the most famous transhumanist in the world. But his recent piece in Merion West “When We’re Overly Optimistic about the Pace of Life Extension Research” took a dark and disturbing turn. Read More ›