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^{Donald Nielsen and Keri D. Ingraham
April 25, 2023
Education}

What Does Your Game Plan Include? Don Nielsen author of Every School

_{Donald Nielsen and Keri D. Ingraham
April 25, 2023
Education}

In your book, Every School: One Citizen’s Guide to Transforming Education, you outline a game plan for transforming K-12 education at the state level. What does that game plan include?

^{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 ›

^{Donald Nielsen and Keri D. Ingraham
April 12, 2023
Education}

What Did You Learn Traveling the Country? Don Nielsen author of Every School

_{Donald Nielsen and Keri D. Ingraham
April 12, 2023
Education}

You spent two years traveling the country (visiting 19 states, meeting with 5 Governors) studying K-12 education. Tell us about that journey and some key highlights and takeaways.

^{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 ›

^{Center on Wealth & Poverty
January 30, 2023
Economics}

Superabundance on PragerU

_{Center on Wealth & Poverty
January 30, 2023
Economics}

There are now eight billion people living on the planet. Is there enough room for all of us? Are we going to run out of food and other resources? Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Gale Pooley's co-author Marian Tupy, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, discusses their new book Superabundance and examines whether or not these fears are valid. His answer may surprise you. Read More ›

Aerial view of historic church steeple and sunset in Beaufort, South Carolina.

^{Bruce Chapman
January 25, 2023
Religion and Civic Life}

Religious Freedom is the First Freedom — and You Can Help Save It

_{Bruce Chapman
January 25, 2023
Religion and Civic Life}

The International Religious Freedom Summit this weekend (January 31-February 1) comes at a moment when people of faith all over the world are under growing pressure. Read More ›

^{The Center for Science and Culture
January 18, 2023
Discovery Institute, Intelligent Design}

Conference on Engineering in Living Systems

_{The Center for Science and Culture
January 18, 2023
Discovery Institute, Intelligent Design}

CELS brings together leading engineers and biologists in order to: (1) apply engineering principles to better understand biological systems, (2) craft a design-based theoretical framework that explains and predicts the behaviors of living systems, and (3) develop research programs that demonstrate the engineering principles at work in living systems. Read More ›

Young pea (Pisum) sprouts in a sunny vegetable garden

^{Wesley J. Smith
December 20, 2022
Human Exceptionalism}

The Fear of Suffering Is Driving Us Crazy

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 20, 2022
Human Exceptionalism}

But eliminating suffering is impossible. Not only is the goal Utopian, but it leads to ever-more-extreme distortions of decency and a collapse of public policy rationality—which ironically, can cause the very “evil” that suffering abolitionists yearn so desperately to prevent. Read More ›

Pilgrim Fathers arrive in America.. Date: December 1620

^{Scott S. Powell
November 22, 2022
Citizen Leadership}

Faith, Gratitude, And Perseverance: Americans Have Much To Learn From The Pilgrim Story

_{Scott S. Powell
November 22, 2022
Citizen Leadership}

With our country passing through troubled times, it is worth revisiting the Pilgrims’ five significant achievements, which created the seminal story of America, and reveal remarkable insight into who we are and the qualities of character we need to overcome our present challenges. Read More ›