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Oncologist doctor holding patient's hand in hospital. Showing all love, empathy, helping and encouragement. He has end stage cancer disease. Healthcare in end of life and palliative care concept

^{Wesley J. Smith
February 5, 2024
Human Exceptionalism}

The Nationalization of Assisted Suicide Will Have Far-Reaching Consequences

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 5, 2024
Human Exceptionalism}

Progressive cultural radicals are busily nationalizing their policy agendas by breaking the usual legal comity among the states. For example, California recently declared itself a transgender sanctuary jurisdiction. Its law now actively interferes with out-of-state child custody orders by allowing non-resident gender dysphoric children who make it to California to access puberty-blocking and transition surgeries despite their custodial parent’s refusal of consent. Read More ›

^{The Center for Science and Culture
October 3, 2023
Discovery Institute, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design}

The 2024 Eclipse Experience by Discovery Institute

_{The Center for Science and Culture
October 3, 2023
Discovery Institute, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design}

Nothing compares to the otherworldy experience of witnessing a total solar eclipse in person. Discovery Institute is pleased, then, to invite you to join us for a one-of-a-kind eclipse experience, when the "path of totality" will pass directly over our event venue. Southwestern Assemblies of God University (SAGU) has kindly offered the use of their auditorium and football field for our event due to the proximity of their Waxahachie campus, one of the best viewing locations in the U.S. Read More ›

Definition of word euthanasia in dictionary

^{Wesley J. Smith
August 8, 2023
Human Exceptionalism}

The Whispers of Strangers

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 8, 2023
Human Exceptionalism}

Today is my 76th birthday," the letter began. "Unassisted and by my own free will, I have chosen to take my final passage." Suicide. My friend Frances died in a cold, impersonal hotel room after taking an overdose of sleeping pills, with a plastic bag tied over her head suffocating the life out of her body. Read More ›

^{John Wohlstetter
July 13, 2023
Discovery Institute}

Casablanca at 80: Greatest-Generation America

_{John Wohlstetter
July 13, 2023
Discovery Institute}

Released November 26, 1942, the film’s debut neatly coincided with the November 8, 1942 Allied landing in North Africa, and the British stopping Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Corps at El Alamein on the same day (an event alluded to in Bogart’s next film, Sahara). The film opened in Los Angeles on Jan. 23, 1943, the penultimate day of the wartime Casablanca Conference featuring FDR and British PM Winston Churchill, noted for its demand for “unconditional surrender” by the Axis powers. Read More ›

Two school aged girls are standing in front of their closed school with facemasks on during the outbreak of covid-19.

^{Debra J. Saunders
May 31, 2023
Citizen Leadership}

The Covid Blame Game Lives On

_{Debra J. Saunders
May 31, 2023
Citizen Leadership}

It always was a mistake for Washington policymakers to target one dangerous and potentially fatal disease without factoring in the unintended consequences of draconian isolation, even if policymakers meant well. Read More ›

^{Discovery Institute
May 12, 2023
Discovery Institute, Foreign Policy}

The Mideast Menace: Israel’s Multi-Front Existential Challenge

_{Discovery Institute
May 12, 2023
Discovery Institute, Foreign Policy}

Please join us on Thursday, June 15 for an immersive discussion with John Wohlstetter on the current geopolitical situation vis-à-vis Israel and the Middle East. Wohlstetter is an expert on matters of foreign policy and national security and is author of the books Sleepwalking with the Bomb and The Long War Ahead and the Short War Upon Us. Read More ›

^{Discovery Institute
April 25, 2023
Homelessness}

Journalist and Discovery Institute Senior Fellow, Jonathan Choe, Nominated For Four Emmy Awards

_{Discovery Institute
April 25, 2023
Homelessness}

Discovery Institute is pleased to announce that Jonathan Choe, Senior Fellow at the Center on Wealth and Poverty’s Fix Homelessness Initiative, has been nominated for four Emmy Awards by the Northwest chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Read More ›

^{Debra J. Saunders
April 19, 2023
Homelessness}

A Return to Soft on Crime?

_{Debra J. Saunders
April 19, 2023
Homelessness}

A California Senate committee recently passed Senate Bill 94, which would allow inmates sentenced to death or life without parole to apply for a "second look" at their cases. If it becomes law, the worst offenders could walk free after they've served 20 years or more. Read More ›

^{The Center for Science and Culture
April 3, 2023
Discovery Institute, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design}

Westminster Conference on Science & Faith

_{The Center for Science and Culture
April 3, 2023
Discovery Institute, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design}

Is mankind an error-prone accident of nature or a masterpiece of engineering, ingenuity, and intention? For those of us that believe in the marvelous design of mankind, how might we respond well to those who think we are nothing more than an accident? At this year's Westminster Conference on Science & Faith, you will be equipped by expert scientists and theologians to answer some of the hardest questions posed by skeptics. Read More ›

^{Donald Nielsen
March 3, 2023
Education}

WA’s Children Can’t Stride Into the Future in a 19th-Century Education System

_{Donald Nielsen
March 3, 2023
Education}

A recent Seattle Times editorial blames much of the failings of Seattle Public Schools on the current administration. Certainly, the current as well as prior administrations deserve criticism. But so do a lot of other players. Read More ›