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^{Robert Marbut
May 29, 2024
Homelessness

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Housing First Doesn’t Work

_{Robert Marbut
May 29, 2024
Homelessness

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In a classic attempt to bury embarrassing data, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released its most recent annual homelessness Point-in-Time Count report on a Friday, shortly before the Christmas break, about 11 months after the counting was done. Try as it might, HUD is unable to hide the problem anymore because the increases are so high. Read More ›

^{Scott S. Powell
May 28, 2024
Economics

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Memorial Day: More than Honoring Lives Lost in American Wars

_{Scott S. Powell
May 28, 2024
Economics

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Most people rightly associate Memorial Day with paying homage to those who gave their lives for America in war. But the holiday has roots that go back to the aftermath of the Civil War. At that time America was as or more divided than it is today. The Civil War cost at least 620,000 men — a greater cost than all of America’s successive wars combined. Read More ›

^{Guillermo Gonzalez and Jonathan Witt
May 28, 2024
Intelligent Design

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New Novel Invites Teens to Ponder Our Privileged Planet

_{Guillermo Gonzalez and Jonathan Witt
May 28, 2024
Intelligent Design

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Astrobiologist Guillermo Gonzalez and author Jonathan Witt sit down with host Andrew McDiarmid to discuss their new young adult novel The Farm at the Center of the Universe, now available from Discovery Institute Press. Read More ›

^{Guillermo Gonzalez
May 28, 2024

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A Reading From The Farm at the Center of the Universe

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
May 28, 2024

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Is there evidence of purpose in the universe? Or is life just a collection of accidental processes that did not have us in mind? On a weekend visit to his grandparents' farm, Isaac is caught between two very different worldviews. He must choose for himself which makes the most sense. On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid reads an excerpt from The Farm at the Center of the Universe, a new young adult novel from astrobiologist Guillermo Gonzalez and author Jonathan Witt. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
May 24, 2024
Human Exceptionalism

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Too Many Climate Scientists Confuse ‘Science’ with Activism

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 24, 2024
Human Exceptionalism

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Remember when a scientist admitted to removing nuance from a climate-change study because he believed that Nature would not publish it if he did not strictly follow the favored narrative of human-caused climate catastrophe? And now — perhaps in a reaction to that piece — Nature has published a cogent warning that too many scientists in the climate-change sector conflate "climate science" with "climate activism." Read More ›

^{Marvin Olasky
May 24, 2024
Homelessness

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Go West, Children: How Charles Brace Placed Orphans in Families

_{Marvin Olasky
May 24, 2024
Homelessness

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Last week I wrote about how Charles Brace set up homes for homeless children but did not see institutionalization as ideal. He wondered whether it was possible to find thousands of families willing to take responsibility for the children of the streets. The problem seemed enormous. Brace wrote: "How were places to be found? . . . And when the children were placed, how were their interests to be watched over, and acts of oppression or hard dealing prevented or punished?" Read More ›

^{Michael Egnor
May 23, 2024

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Bruce Gordon: Idealism, Quantum Mechanics, and the Fundamentality of Mind

_{Michael Egnor
May 23, 2024

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^{Guillermo Gonzalez
May 22, 2024

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New Novel Invites Teens to Ponder our Privileged Planet

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
May 22, 2024

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There's a wealth of books covering the arguments for intelligent design, and yet one type of book has so far been missing - a young adult novel. That changes with the release of The Farm at the Center of the Universe, a new teen novel from astrobiologist Guillermo Gonzalez and author Jonathan Witt, now available from Discovery Institute Press. On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid sits down with Gonzalez and Witt to discuss how the book came about and what readers can hope to gain from it. Read More ›

^{Brian Miller
May 20, 2024

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Promoting Design Arguments in Mexico and Beyond

_{Brian Miller
May 20, 2024

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International interest in intelligent design is growing. On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid welcomes back Dr. Brian Miller, this time to discuss his recent participation at a conference on science and faith in Guadalajara and to explain how intelligent design is making inroads internationally. Read More ›

^{Robert J. Marks II
May 20, 2024

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Bob Marks on Why AI Won’t Destroy the World, or Save It

_{Robert J. Marks II
May 20, 2024

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Today’s ID the Future from the vault dives into the controversial realm of artificial intelligence (AI). Will robots or other computers ever become so fast and powerful that they become conscious, creative, and free? Will AI reach a point where it leaves humans in the dust? To shed light on these and other questions, host Casey Luskin interviews computer engineering professor Robert J. Marks, head of the Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence. Read More ›